Savva Savva

[AniaSM]

I have to make a phone call to someone called "Savva Savva" who works out of Spitalfields. Where do you think they come from and do I call him Mister Sawa or Mister Sawa Sawa? Its a bit confusing.

[Octavius]

It means different things to different cultures, so I doubt you would be blamed if you got it wrong. In Japan, the name Sawa is usually female, but in Arabic it means �together�. The words Sawa Sawa mean in Sudanese colloquial Arabic "equally and together".

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, are you sure its not someone with a lisp or front teeth missing. They might mean Sarah Sarah who works out of Somerfields. Just call him Sawa...

[crete]

good manners would dictate that when you contact the persdon you ask them how they would like to be addressed,

[luckyeight]

Crete that's a bit of catch 22 - you'd have to greet them/confirm you were speaking to them before you asked them their preferred mode of address. Ania is clearly trying to be polite in the first instance.
Unfortunately Ania I don't know.. Do you know it's a male? If not maybe just ask for Sawa Sawa without the prefix.. If they're all the contact details you've got, what can you do?