Title for the sister (school head)

B女媽咪

Just want to ask something about the title of the principal.


From my understanding, the sister who is in charge of the school don't want the people to name her 'principal' because she is the sister in nature. Therefore, she would prefer the people to call her sister.


For example: I found "Sr. Mary Cheung" from the government's information website about the catholic school head. Should I write "Sr."?? What is "Sr." means? Why not "Sis."?....... You know, one of my friend said "Sr." is just used for Male principal. Is that true?....... But, how come I found the sister (school head) is named "Sr. Mary Cheung"?


Please give me some ideas if you know how to call the sister (school head).


Thank you so much!

cczzko

原文章由 B女媽咪 於 07-9-3 19:06 硐表
Should I write "Sr."?? What is "Sr." means? Why not "Sis."?

Interesting question! Have you ever thought of 'Mr.' stands for 'Mister', not 'Mis.'?
Please check the following:
http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sr.

It would be polite enough to address a Catholic nun serving as Head of school as "Sr. Mary Chan" in English.

Similarly, we address a male principal as 'Mr. Chan', or 'Dr. Chan' if he holds a Doctoral degree, but certainly not 'Principal Chan'.
雖然我們中文的稱呼是"陳校長"!

[ 本文章最後由 cczzko 於 07-9-3 23:01 編輯 ]

Elvinhui

原文章由 cczzko 於 07-9-3 22:57 硐表

Interesting question! Have you ever thought of 'Mr.' stands for 'Mister', not 'Mis.'?
Please check the following:
http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sr.

It would be polite enough to ...

Hi,


It's a good topic.
How about head of school in 基督教. thanks

cczzko

原文章由 Elvinhui 於 07-9-4 19:14 硐表

Hi,
It's a good topic.
How about head of school in 基督教. thanks

你係指基督教牧師做 head of school?
通常我們都會稱呼'王牧師'為 'Rev. Wong', 我並不是信奉基督教, 有錯請指正!

Please also check the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend

Elvinhui

Hi,


I checked with the guys that we can write
Mr. / Mrs. ABC, the principal.


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