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In the comments why does everyone refer to the author as ‘Sabine’? It seems overly familiar and derisory. Men are granted the respectful use of their full name
by chris1993 5y ago
In the comments why does everyone refer to the author as ‘Sabine’? It seems overly familiar and derisory. Men are granted the respectful use of their full name or their surnames.
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- adolfojp 5y agoBecause Sabine is easier to type and pronounce than Hossenfelder.
- spopejoy 5y agoThere is a fair amount of branding on the Youtube channel around "Sabine", so she might be deliberately encouraging the informality.
- DemocracyFTW 5y agoMy hunch is that she'd be alright with this. Somehwat relatedly, there's a Dr. Axel Rauschmeyer (also from Germany) who talks about JavaScript and is almost always referred to as "Dr. Axel". Then there's Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is quite correctly addressed by his title and given name, "Dr. Tedros", omitting the patronymic components. And no, you usually do not quote a person's full name unless in court as you'd usually leave out the middle name(s). But in the end it's up to Dr. Hossenfelder I guess.
- azalemeth 5y agoQuite. Many colleagues I know want to be addressed by their first name and almost shy away from being called professor. I myself feel awful ramming my titles down others' throats, and basically never correct people unless it's relevant -- it's very easy to make yourself look like a jerk...
- DemocracyFTW 5y agoAlso in order to answer the question for yourself don't miss out [How to speak English like Einstein](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmy-N4AFNDM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmy-N4AFNDM) which may give you an idea of the personality we're talking about.