Timeline for In Russian is it more appropriate to refer to someone by their full name?
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| Sep 27, 2021 at 2:31 | comment | added | Alexander | @Пилум I personally would call this just "shortened" rather than "diminutive", but this is generally right. | |
| Sep 25, 2021 at 18:35 | comment | added | Пилум | "9. PATRONYMIC only - "Иваныч, подойди сюда" " if you said about the deminutives, should say this Иваныч is the demunitive patronimic form too... | |
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| Sep 15, 2017 at 0:22 | comment | added | Oleg Lobachev |
The "elder" addresses the "younger" with, e.g., first name and by ты, whereas the "younger" addresses the "elder" by Вы and by name+patronymic. This is a classical business hierarchy of boss-employee. Equals in business would take both sides with Вы and name+patronymic. A pupil in school would address the teacher with Вы and name+patronymic, a teacher would address the pupils with ты and last name. This might grow out of fashion or be used in primary school only, as it implies that pupils are so-oooo much lower as the teacher. I've heard of changes to this in high school.
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| Sep 15, 2017 at 0:17 | comment | added | Oleg Lobachev |
An addendum: what mostly correlates with above "name"-based politeness levels is the mutual address hierarchy. Some languages and cultures imply a flat hierarchy, like there is a polite "you" (Вы) and a friendly "you" (ты), and they are used mutually. A corresponding English thing is first name bases vs. last name bases. These things are mutual. Now, while it is possible in Russian and forms some level of friendliness: calling by first names, possibly with diminitutives or patronymics only, and on ты-basis for both, there is an official hierarchy: (next comment)
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| Sep 6, 2017 at 18:14 | history | answered | Alexander | CC BY-SA 3.0 |