[stylist] Using titles to refer to people

[LoriStay at aol.com]

We do not have official royalty in the U.S. but people do have titles:   Job 
titles,   educationally earned titles, titles indicating marital status (or 
not, for women) etc.   It is not disrespectful to use them.   It is 
disrespectful to insist they do not deserve them.
Please allow this line of talk to drop.
Lori

In a message dated 4/2/09 11:35:41 AM, jbron at optonline.net writes:


> Or really earned the honorary degree that was bestowed onhim.  He really,
> really, gave a lot to the blind community.  He was really, really admired.
> Even honorary degrees aren't handed out like candy.  If one is bestowed it
> was earned.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Lee Clark" <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Using titles to refer to people
> 
> 
> > When you call Dr. Mauer Doctor, it's like over-reassuring him that he's
> > really, really, really handsome.  Or really, really, really smart.  Or
> > really, really, really cool.  But the problem is that it's overstatement,
> > which automatically has its backlash.  In the end, it's really
> > disrespectful.  And remember, it's not even real, his title.  Only in
> > England do they adopt titles and take it seriously, Lady Angela.  We here
> > in
> > your beloved country are grown-up people--or I thought so!  Smile.
> >
> 




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