Friday, April 24, 2020

When to use someone's first name when you are talking to them (Lessons in Finnish conversation culture)

The answer to this question is quite clear: Only when there's more than two people in the situation and you want to get the person's attention. 

If you say (or write) a person's name too much, you sound like a telemarketer, an overenthusiastic LinkedIn user, or it sounds like the other person has done something wrong.

(Speaking of LinkedIn, this is really funny, especially the last part Jargonoi kommenttihttp://jargonaattori.fi/




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