SURNAMES ONLY
Sir-Tuning in to "Give it a Name Jackpots" from 2ZB, on Monday, February 18, I was greatly surprised that two of the contestants were not called to order in answering two questions as Stout and Massey, and were not corrected. Surely two noted deceased statesmen were entitled to their full names, Sir Robert Stout and Mr. William Massey. How would those two contestants feel if they, or their parents, were referred to by their surnames? One wonders what education and class of people some of the contestants are at the studio. I was teaching for many years, and had any of my pupils answered in the same manner, they would have been severely reprimanded.
In hospital the use of surnames has been called in, even the poorest of patients are addressed by Sisters and Nurses as Mr., Mrs. or Miss, as the case may be. Naturally I know there is a knob on the wireless to; turn; which will eventually be done the future when I hear so little respect paid to any person. ~ I am only one of many who have taken exception to the two contestants of Tuesday, Februarv 18. 1946.
RESPECT YOUR ELDERS
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 353, 29 March 1946, Page 5
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199SURNAMES ONLY New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 353, 29 March 1946, Page 5
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