Syag > Did anyone else catch the irony in that response
Thanks, I did now. Maybe people are more careful about kavod those they interact with. Even anonymous beats someone from a different generation. We do call Hillel Hillel; Rav is Rav, combining a title and a nickname closer to our times we get longer titles. R Natan Kamenetsky simply uses R and suggest the reader to choose themselves which R is Reb, Rav, Raban, Rebbe, or Morah Moreinu Horav Reb.