Tuesday, December 7, 2004

Terms of Address: What to Call People in India

December 7, 2004

In response to my mumblings about “signora” vs “signorina,” Yuti writes: In India, as you know, we are all related to each other. Kids routinely call complete strangers “Uncle” and “Aunty”, maid-servants call the woman of the house Bhabhi (brother’s wife), and the elderly are instantly your parents or grandparents (Maa-ji, Bapu-ji, etc). And so [...]

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