when does someone cease being a P'
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:12 am
I am wondering what the correct way is for me to address myself with my language partners. With the woman who is 12 years younger than me, I feel I should be P'Julie. The guy who is 27 years younger than me just calls me Julie, which I think is weird. Shouldn't he call me something like คุณ Julie or ครู Julie? And then I would call myself ฉัน or ครู. I'm not looking to elevate my status -I couldn't care less about that really, but I'm trying to train myself to be able to call myself different things with different people. Thais do it so effortlessly and I have only called myself Julie or Jariya or P' in the past. Now I am Aunt to some, teacher to some, and I want to practice using the right terms. I haven't been in Thailand for 34 years. Do people not care about this anymore?