"My lover" is quite common in Bath. It may sound strange, but it's
normally said with a really thick burr and is just used instead of
"love" or "dear". I don't mind the name being used as long as it's
being used almost out of habit, not in any sort of "little woman" way.
Title/name-wise I'm simply Helen Tucker. I'll answer to Miss Tucker
if you want, but I prefer Helen. I went for a hospital appointment
once where the convention was to call any grown-up woman Mrs
Surname. Unfortunately, they hadn't told me that and spent quite a
while calling for Mrs Tucker before I realised that they might mean
me. Mrs Tucker is my mum or my gran, not me!
While I was at uni, there seemed to be a fairly even split of those
who you called Dr/Professor Whatever and those that preferred to be
known by their first name. However, during the short time I spent at
UCL in London, they were all referred to by title, possibly just
because of the more formal feel to the university.
I'm currently working at one of the local hospitals and am having fun
trying to work out how to refer to the varying levels of
doctors. Most of the 1st & 2nd year doctors (the house officers) are
much the same age as me and I feel silly calling them Dr.... so I
don't tend to. The registrars and consultants are different though
and I always use Dr or Mr unless they tell me not to. Interestingly
enough, female consultant surgeons are always Miss, never Mrs (I have
no idea what surname they might use though if they are married)
Back to the original thing about wives taking their husbands
names. I do know that if a letter comes to Mrs SP Tucker then its
for my mum but the nearest I've seen recently is Mr & Mrs SP Tucker
rather than Mr SP & Mrs BA Tucker. Personally, I'd change my surname
when I marry, but, depending on job, might keep my maiden name at work
At 22:13 28/08/2006, Jean Nathan wrote:
Carol wrote:
<This thread is making me chuckle! When I first went to Newcastle, in the
north of England, I couldn't wait for someone - anyone! - to call me 'Pet'.>
In some areas you could be called be called by the
not-intended-to-be-derogatory term of "chuck" or "lass", and in Scotland "hen".
I'm sure there are lots more, but these spring immediately to mind.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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