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/^t/Preserving the seemingly old-fashioned forms such as Mr or Mrs helps Polish people establish the necessary distance between each other. Moreover, Polish people are generally known to like to be referred to with all the due honorifics. When people call themselves by full names, in other words, they show respect but, what seems to be more important, they flatter and please each other.