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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: RealMuLan who wrote (72963)2/10/2003 9:40:59 PM
From: arun gera  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
>Chinese children should never call their parents by name, not even first name. and call people one generation older than themselves as Uncle or aunt even if do not really know them. >

Same in India. Whenever, the Credit Card companies ask for my mother's maiden name, I pause for a moment. Not used to referring to my parents by name.

Maybe nothing Confucian about it. And Indians typically add a suffix for respect, such as "Jee". So it is Uncle Jee or Aunty Jee.

-Arun
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