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[quote=Anonymous] As a grad student in the 2000s, I would never have addressed a professor casually unless I knew him or her on a first name basis - which means my PI/advisor, and the handful of PIs in the same corridor and field of research with whom we had departmental meetings (and even then, not all). At that time, I never heard an undergrad address a professor by first name. That would have shocked me enough that I would have remembered it. However in your daughter's defense, America is such a casual country that she might be forgiven for her ignorance. I have lived in Europe and Asia, and over there it's clear-cut. In Asian countries, it can get downright stifling - there are particular words and turns of phrase to express oneself toward a superior, an equal, or an inferior, and it can get extremely complicated!!! [/quote]
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