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Help[Facts] Re: Marriage names
in reply to a message by Satu
I think it's interesting how in Holland at fast food places, like McDonald's, the workers' name tags don't just say their first names but instead it says "Herr" or "Frau" so and so!!
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Are you sure you're speaking about Holland here?
Because I live in Holland and in all the McDonald's restaurants that I've been to, there was always ONLY the first name on the name tags. There's no mention of "Mr." or "Mrs." there.
Seeing that you said that the name tags say "Herr" and "Frau", you must be speaking about Germany. In Dutch, "Herr" is 'meneer' and "Frau" is 'mevrouw.'
Regards,
Lu
Because I live in Holland and in all the McDonald's restaurants that I've been to, there was always ONLY the first name on the name tags. There's no mention of "Mr." or "Mrs." there.
Seeing that you said that the name tags say "Herr" and "Frau", you must be speaking about Germany. In Dutch, "Herr" is 'meneer' and "Frau" is 'mevrouw.'
Regards,
Lu
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Could be Germany, lol, I was there last summer too.
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Duh! I just said that it's German in my previous message! ;-)
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i was agreeing with you!!! i forgot to type that!!!:)
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Oh, okay then! :-))
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Herr & Frau
Yes, it must have been in Germany where you saw „Herr“ and „Frau“ plus surname on a name plate. In Germany (as well as in France) you don’t use a foreign person’s first name. People think it’s unrespectful and unfair to call a woman named Lisa Müller “Lisa” when she’s a waitress and “Frau Müller” when she’s a businesswoman.
The trend though is that younger people more often use each other’s first names even though they don’t know each other, but they don’t make any differences (occupation, education etc.).
Regards, Satu
Yes, it must have been in Germany where you saw „Herr“ and „Frau“ plus surname on a name plate. In Germany (as well as in France) you don’t use a foreign person’s first name. People think it’s unrespectful and unfair to call a woman named Lisa Müller “Lisa” when she’s a waitress and “Frau Müller” when she’s a businesswoman.
The trend though is that younger people more often use each other’s first names even though they don’t know each other, but they don’t make any differences (occupation, education etc.).
Regards, Satu
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