tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post5443814984638149193..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Bilingual tidbits and names for peopleElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-45432996773154799942015-03-10T00:31:16.443+03:002015-03-10T00:31:16.443+03:00I guess we haven't been in any formal situatio...I guess we haven't been in any formal situations! He just calls them all "Dyadya/Tyotya." But if I called them by name/patronymic I think he would hear and do the same, or come up with his own version. As for American culture, it's been a very long time since I called anybody by Mr./Mrs. In a school setting, you might see "Ms. Natasha" (or Ms. Ivanova) being used for both married/unmarried women. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-85563327816372410042015-03-06T15:36:56.569+03:002015-03-06T15:36:56.569+03:00That's true, sounds a lot better in a full sen...That's true, sounds a lot better in a full sentence. By the way, how do you teach David to address adults in English? By their first name or Mr. and Mrs.? What if they are Russian? I suppose first name and patronymic is too difficult for any two-year-old. But Mrs. Natasha or Mrs. Ivanova sounds weird.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419133053285491979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-63383784809505810302015-02-25T00:13:10.344+03:002015-02-25T00:13:10.344+03:00Funny, I forgot about this post, and I still miss ...Funny, I forgot about this post, and I still miss the deadlines for submissions every time! Did you try reading any of the bilingual blogs in my sidebar?<br /><br />I insert "tyotya/dyadya" into English sentences, which is even worse! At least now it is more natural to call people man/woman in the context of a full sentence. Telling David "that man is going bye-bye" is less awkward than pointing and saying "man!" So the problem resolved itself over time. :)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-31628037385921853632015-02-24T11:39:16.262+03:002015-02-24T11:39:16.262+03:00I used to think I would never teach my child to ca...I used to think I would never teach my child to call people "tyotya/dyadya", it just sounds so uncouth to me. But yeah, I ended up doing it anyway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419133053285491979noreply@blogger.com