On Friday, October 14, 2011 at 10:15:31 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
>...
>Something I noticed when I got to Virginia was that you could tell what kind 
>of college people went to by how they addressed the teaching staff. People who 
>went to elite colleges called them either "Mr" or "Ms" or by their first 
>names. People who went to nonelite colleges called them "Doctor" and 
>"Professor." The confidence thing.

I attended the public University of Texas, and After reading Chomsky
for the first time in the 1980s, I started addressing professors
differently.  Not sure all of them appreciated my newly acquired
confidence.


Bill
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