In a message dated 3/11/10 12:10:35 PM, [email protected] writes:
> I'm sure people do give themselves titles but historically titles had to > be conferred, deservedly or not. > Yes, that seems true about institutionalized titles. But titles like 'artist', 'poet', 'dancer', even 'athlete' or 'patriot' and others are often self-conferred. They are honorifics chosen by the speaker to honor something about himself: "I'm a poet, Dad!"
