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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David in Ballarat
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:24
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Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Names and titles
Dear Lise-Aurore,
And then, there's the usage in French, where I am referred to as Madame
le
Wow! What an interesting thread.
Personally, I cannot abide being called Miss, Mrs or Ms. Never could, before
marriage, during marriage, or after, always hated them, from as far back as I
can remember. I see them as sexist and degrading to women, since their sole
purpose is to indicate
Dear Lise-Aurore,
And then, there's the usage in French, where I am referred to as Madame le
docteur. I'm not to crazy about that, but it is difficult to make people
believe that I'm a Monsieur. I was rather distressed this spring, when
everyone in France seemed to want to call me Mademoiselle.
Carol wrote:
This thread is making me chuckle!When I first went to Newcastle, in the
north of England, I couldn't wait for someone - anyone! - to call me 'Pet'.
In some areas you could be called be called by the
not-intended-to-be-derogatory term of chuck or lass, and in Scotland
hen.
Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
something is address to us both, and even then on our local tax bill, the
account is Mr William E Nathan and Mrs Jean E Nathan. Since marriage I've
My husband has five sisters and two younger brothers.
Since one brother is only a little older than my sons,
the title of uncle is not always used.
Anyway, being that my older son, when small, saw his
five aunts more often than his other uncle, he was in
the habit of using the title aunt.
To: Chat
Subject: [lace-chat] Names and titles
Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
something is address to us both, and even then on our local tax bill, the
account is Mr William E
Seeing all these comments about married women being addressed by their
husbands name prefixed with Mrs set off one of my pet niggles. My
family background is Quaker, and I taught to address people by their
given name family name and not to use titles as everyone is equal,
and using titles
