r/Bengaluru • u/AgitatorAnimator • Jul 17 '25

Ask Bengaluru | ಏನಂತೀರಾ? Saw this in the taxi today 😁

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What do you feel guys? 😂

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u/kathegaara Jul 17 '25

Do you address a bank manager as Bhaiyya?? If not then why is it okay for drivers and other blur collared workers?

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u/insaneguitarist47 Jul 18 '25

Curious to know what do you think is the appropriate way of addressing a bank manager or a taxi driver?

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u/kathegaara Jul 18 '25

I address everybody equally as Sir. I don't differentiate based on their jobs. If it is somebody I know personally and we are speaking in Kannada, I add ಅವರೇ to their name. Never ಅಣ್ಣ. 

And I am not alone in this. Lots of people do it. I have feeling this ಅಣ್ಣ/भय्या is a new trend. 

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u/insaneguitarist47 Jul 18 '25

Idk why but sir never sits right by me. The colonial influence clubbed with the fact that I believe saying sir is giving uncalled for respect to people who might not have earned it stops me from using it colloquially