ANST - Protocol..
Paul Mitchell
pmitchel at flash.net
Wed May 27 13:55:12 PDT 1998
Pick one, as appropriate to the context or to your preference.
Stringing together multiple titles in front of a name is gauche.
- Galen of Bristol, Viscount, KSCA, Pel.
Pug Bainter wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
>
> I got a question.
>
> I know a bunch of the honorifics for different awards and nobility,
> but what I don't know is how you are supposed, if you do, mix them
> when a person has more than one. These are not to be gender biased,
> but it's easier. For examples:
>
> Duke - Grace
> Count - Excellency
> Baron - Excellency
> Knight - Sir
> Pelican - Master
> Laurel - Master
> White Scarf - Don
> Centurian - Centurian (?)
> Star - Honorable Lord
> etc - etc
>
> Now if someone has both a Barony and a Laurel, what do you address
> them as? What if they are a Knight and a Pelican? Don and Star? etc
> and etc?
>
> I assume there is protocol for this, but I don't know what the proper
> thing is. I typically either pick the one that is most promonant for
> the individual in question.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Ciao,
>
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