Sunday, February 10, 2008

Mr Who?

I have had a lot of teachers recently ask me whether calling me 'Mr Paul' was correct or not.

In western culture the title 'Mr' is placed before the family name (similar to Hara-san in Japan).

My full name being Paul Dyball would mean that 'Mr' would be placed before 'Dyball' thus becoming Mr Dyball.

Personally I prefer being called Paul. :-)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I had a good time on last Sunday(English Cafe).
Our sutdents call you without using '' Mr.'', and they feel friendship for you. Me,too.
I think western culture is nice. But Japanese culture is nice, too.
I'm looking forward to seeing you on the 9th of March.