Dear Friends!!!
We encounter several people in ourlives.Some people we interact often though not really siginificant but not insignificant also.So for these type of interactions we need to address them by saying "ABC ji" or "Mr ABC" or female version "Ms ABC " or "Mrs ABC ji".If they are of some good acquaintance and very very much elder to us we may attach "Uncle" "Aunty "tags to their names.
Driving the point home...
Somany people in South Asian countries attach "Uncle","Aunty","Bhayya","Bhabhi","Didi" tags to every tom dick and harry.They call auto wala,paper boy ,vegetable vendor every other man (except for husband or fiance) with some relation.See!!! They are also humans but is it necessary to put a tag of some relation.I just hate this.I never use these things .I call only my brothers as Bhayya and only my uncles and well known elderly people as Uncles.
"Is'nt this Uncle,aunty,Bhayya..,Didi addressal downmarket???"
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Do you think people use these words for some sort of security or for display of their affection???
Cheers,
Mythili
PS:In DM I call Dr Abhijit as Uncle sometimes but just as a part of my humour.
Source of inspiration for my post :Today a 7th standard girl called me Aunty!!!π‘I really got irked!!!
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