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It would be esteemed an act of rudeness to address an Indian by his personal name, or to inquire his name directly from himself.

Because of course he would never call someone in the building by her first name; it was appalling to have suggested it at all.

For instance, American professors do not dress up and their students generally call them by their first names.

At one point along the journey, he might chat with a stranger. At another, someone would pat his dog, calling him by name.

If yours is an informal office , you still should wait for the other person to say , "pls call me Charlie. "

Both Mary and Peter wanted me to call them by their first names because they, as Americans, like informality.

If you are used to calling people by their first names, this can be a little strange.

ln two years he's barely spoken to me, all of a sudden, it's 'Chip'.

It makes your new acquaintance feel happy when you call him by his name.