which name do u call ya lecturers by?? (1 Viewer)

[freaking_out]

i just wanted to know by which name do u call ya lecturers/tutors by...i.e do u call them by their surnames like we did at skool eg. "mr. (insert surname)" or do u call them by their first name.

i'm just asking, coz i realise that quite a few ppl. call the lecturers/tutors by their first name, and i'm thinking that i'm the only one calling them by their surnames. LoL

 

[hipsta_jess]

with friends i refer to them by either their first name or first and last names
to their face, i usually just go 'umm excuse me!!'

 

[Generator]

Each lecturer tends imply their preference if they do not tell you outright... As you go on through the years using their first name does become much easier.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
with friends i refer to them by either their first name or first and last names
to their face, i usually just go 'umm excuse me!!'

what do u mean by "with friends"...and yes, i do use "umm excuse me" quite a lot.

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by freaking_out
what do u mean by "with friends"

well like, say my friends and i are talking about...whatever..., i might say 'oh, so what did you think of Hugh's lecture the other day' or 'am I the only one who finds Hugh Dunstan really boring'

so, yeah, just in general conversation

Originally posted by Generator
Each lecturer tends imply their preference if they do not tell you outright... As you go on through the years using their first name does become much easier.

its weird though, like, my bio demonstrator walked into our first lab and was like 'hi, im gary if you dont already know me, blah blah blah' but then whenever he puts an announcement on blackboard hes like 'if you have a problem with this, see Dr. Gary Ellem in blah blah'

 

[Eeko]

we call our accounting lecturer

"THE JEW"

 

[Lexicographer]

I use their given names. It's not hard, but I did the same at school...

Anyway half the people in my course think I'm a third year student now. It's annoying.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Eeko
we call our accounting lecturer

"THE JEW"

woah- how come, is he like a real jew?

Originally posted by hipsta_jess
well like, say my friends and i are talking about...whatever..., i might say 'oh, so what did you think of Hugh's lecture the other day' or 'am I the only one who finds Hugh Dunstan really boring'

so, yeah, just in general conversation
...

yeah, i c what u mean, i just refer to teachers by their surnames when i'm with my friends- coz i usually didn't know their first names. LoL

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
I use their given names. It's not hard, but I did the same at school...

so u actually called teachers by their first names at skool?

 

[RCMasterAA]

Either "sir" or "Dr" whatever. Haven't had to call out to them yet though luckily

 

[xiao1985]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
...

Anyway half the people in my course think I'm a third year student now. It's annoying.

LOLZ@ lexi... guess i wasn't the only one.. =p blehz

anywayz, i just call em "my bio lecturer", "my phys lecturer" or "excuse me" "sir" sorta thing...

 

[Lexicographer]

Originally posted by freaking_out
so u actually called teachers by their first names at skool?

Nah, at school I called them by their full names.

"It's Serge Yalichev! How's it going?"

After a while though first name basis was the norm. Fort Street then was like a little Sydney Uni though...can't say the same any more.

 

[Malazn Pleasure]

Originally posted by freaking_out
i just wanted to know by which name do u call ya lecturers/tutors by...

i call them Sir

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
Nah, at school I called them by their full names.

"It's Serge Yalichev! How's it going?"

After a while though first name basis was the norm. Fort Street then was like a little Sydney Uni though...can't say the same any more.

yeah, thats really strang to call teachers by their FULL names- coz its just so inconvenient- might as well use "sir"...anyways, lets get back to lecturers- do most ppl. here call them by their first names?

 

[CM_Tutor]

Originally posted by freaking_out
...anyways, lets get back to lecturers- do most ppl. here call them by their first names?

At senior levels - late undergraduate, and all postgraduate - almost always. First years seem to take a while to get used to this informality. The only time I wouldn't call an academic by their first name is in a written communication, and even then I'd probably only write Doctor X, or whatever, if I didn't know them.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by CM_Tutor
At senior levels - late undergraduate, and all postgraduate - almost always. First years seem to take a while to get used to this informality. The only time I wouldn't call an academic by their first name is in a written communication, and even then I'd probably only write Doctor X, or whatever, if I didn't know them.

ahh...ic- thats it, i'm gonna b calling all my lecturers and tutors by their first names- hopefully i don't get decked.

 

[iambored]

macq = call by first names

 

[MoNNiE]

errmm...
Sir or madame...
otherwise just like their last name

 

[laney]

probably sir.
wouldn't call a woman miss though.
i dunno, just go 'hey....' i don't even know most of the lecturers' names

 

[Chand]

For one course I call two lecturers and more lab tutors by their first name. For some, I dont even know their names...and it usually comes down to excuse me.