Culture Corner | What do I call you?

The A to Z English Podcast

2024-01-08

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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack explain how you should address peers and authority figures in the United States. Transcript: 00:00:01 Jack Welcome to the A to Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we have a new kind of episode that we'd like to call the culture corner. 00:00:12 Jack And social today's question comes from one of our listeners and our listener. This is Nash to asking. Nash is from Iraq and she says she asks, what did the majority of people in America prefer to be called? 00:00:31 Jack So when we talked about this episode earlier today, you you've separated it into two really interesting categories. I think peers and authority figures. Is that what you said? 00:00:44 Xochitl Yes, that's what I said. 00:00:45 Jack OK, OK. So I like that because I think that that's a really good way to to like kind of picture the situation in America. And so how would you what? Well let's start with peers first, what do peers prefer to be called? 00:01:02 Xochitl Ears are usually referred to informally and you talk. 00:01:05 Xochitl To them by. 00:01:06 Xochitl Their name? 00:01:07 Jack Right. 00:01:08 Xochitl So peers refers to also someone on your same level hierarchically. So if we're talking about, for example, your classmates in school, college, elementary school, whatever. 00:01:22 Xochitl Those are your peers. If you're at a job, everyone who's in your same station as you, like anyone who is your colleague and isn't above. 00:01:29 Xochitl View hierarchically, those are your peers in a family setting. Even your brothers and sisters are really your peers, and the parents are basically the 30 or any older adults are basically a 30. 00:01:44 Jack Right. And now what about our case like I'm 47? You're 26. Or did you turn? 00:01:48 Jack 27 I can't remember. 00:01:50 Xochitl I turned 27. 00:01:51 Jack You turned 27 so OK, so I've got 20 years in you, but I still think. 00:01:55 Jack Of you as like. 00:01:55 Jack A peer, because we're both podcasters. We're partners in this in our business. 00:02:01 Jack And so, even though there's a 20 year, 20 year gap, I I don't know about you, but if you started calling me, Mr. McBain, that would be really weird. You know what I mean? 00:02:12 Xochitl So awkward. And that brings you a really important point, which is. 00:02:18 Xochitl Sometimes if you start out formally, Jack was talking about, it's important to. 00:02:24 Xochitl So start formally because it's you're unlikely to offend someone, you might make it a little awkward, but if you start formally, you're unlikely to offend someone. They'll just correct you to speak to them more informally. And so if I started calling Jack, Mr. McBain now. 00:02:43 Xochitl If you insist, once a person has told you to draw up formalities, you can actually make the situation way more uncomfortable than you would have just following what they prefer and just being informal. 00:02:58 발표자 Right. 00:02:59 Jack I would say like a lot of people. 00:03:01 Jack That are you. 00:03:02 Jack Know. So let's let's go to like authority figures. 00:03:05 Jack Right. So and it so. 00:03:06 Jack It doesn't matter the age, it's more about the like situation like. 00:03:10 Jack So social and. 00:03:11 Jack I are. We're both podcasting partners in this business, so. 00:03:15 Jack So she and I. 00:03:16 Jack Use our names. I call her social, she. 00:03:18 Jack Calls me Jack. 00:03:19 Jack Well, let's say let's you say you go to university. 00:03:24 Jack You you meet your. 00:03:25 Jack Professor for the first time, you know, at the beginning of the semester, like you said, you're always gonna start with the formal, right? You're gonna say Professor Smith? 00:03:35 Xochitl John. Ohh yeah. 00:03:38 Jack Professor Johnson or Professor Smith or whatever. And then if the professor says no, no, don't call me Professor Johnson, call me Deborah or Deb. 00:03:48 Jack Maybe then you have to switch to i
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  • Welcome to the Age is english podcast.

  • My name is Jack, and I'm here with my co host, Sochil.

  • And today we have a new kind of episode that we like to call the culture corner.

  • And today's question comes from one of our listeners and our listener.

  • This is Najd asking.

  • Najd is from Iraq, and she says, she asks, what do the majority of people in America prefer to be called?

  • So when we talked about this episode earlier today, you separated it into two really interesting categories, I think, peers and authority figures.

  • Is that what you said?

  • Yes, that's what I said.

  • Okay.

  • Okay.

  • So I like that because I think that that's a really good way to kind of picture the situation in America.

  • And so how would you.

  • Let's start with peers.

  • First, what do peers prefer to be called?

  • Peers are usually referred to informally, and you talk to them by their name.

  • Right?

  • So peers refers to also someone on your same level, hierarchically.

  • So if we're talking about, for example, your classmates in school, college, elementary school, whatever, those are your peers.

  • If you're at a job, everyone who's in your same station as you, like, anyone who is your colleague and isn't above you, hire hierarchically.