Titles

[Mary Temple]

At 11:03 AM 01/11/96 -0600, you wrote:
>My modus operandi, whether it be in the Society or not, is to assume
>formality until invited otherwise.  Therefore, I address by title until and
>unless someone says, "Oh, no, please, call me so-and-so."
>
>It's hard to offend someone by calling them their title (as opposed to
>calling them "Bubbles" or something).  The worst that happens is that I
>sometimes have to listen to people's egalitarian, class-conscious lectures
>about how titles are outdated and we don't need all that formal hoo-hah.
>As you might guess, I'm a big fan of formal hoo-hah.  :)
>
Yes, titles ARE outdated. They're more appropriate in say...the 1000 to
1600's? :)
>
>Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik                          susanhk at mail.utexas.edu
>"Art demands of us that we shall not stand still." -- Ludwig Van Beethoven
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