[INDOLOGY] prof. or mr. or mrs. or ms. etc first name

[Jonathan Silk]

I wonder if this is more akin to the (as far as I know, only British) usage
such as Sir William, Sir James, with no mention made of family name?
A quick and entirely unscientific google research (you know, like how our
students often 'do research') yielded plenty of ghits of "Father + [first
name only]"

so... (as with much 'research', no conclusion)

jonathan

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Christophe Vielle <
christophe.vielle at uclouvain.be> wrote:

> The R.P. Jo(h)annes Ernestus Hanxleden and Paulinus a Sancto Bartholomaeo
> are remembered in Malayalam tradition as, respectively,  *arṇṇōsŭ pātiri * (‘Father
> Ernest(o)’) and *paulinōsŭ pātiri*  ('Father Paulinos'). I suppose that
> their Indian name was something accepted and used by themselves in the
> local context.
>
> Le 17 juin 2015 à 14:25, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> On 17 June 2015 at 07:45, Arlo Griffiths <arlogriffiths at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Prof. Paturi,
>>
>> ​... I believe that for most native English speakers it sounds strange to
>> see an academic title combined with a first name rather than the surname,
>>
>
> ​As a native speaker of British English, I would agree with that.  Nobody
> actually does it, as far as I know.  If I heard it, in a UK context, I
> would assume it was an error, and reply,
> "No, 'Dominik' is my first name.  My family name is 'Wujastyk'."
>
> Best,
> ​Dr Dominik​ :-)
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