> > I quite like Esquire, but mainly for the fact that it is such an
> > anachronism these days!
> "Esquire", these days, means you're an attorney.
Is that a US usage? I don't think it's a common meaning in the UK (or I'm just showing
my ignorance!)
Yours,
Ian.
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> Men's clothing is so _boring_. A dress every now and then would liven
> things up, methinks.
Kilts are pretty comfortable, but they do get kinda cold around the nether regions
sometimes ;-)
Ian.
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> Never heard of an Eur. Ing. I only know the (German) Dipl. Ing. and the
> varios Bachelors and Masters. UK isn't really Euro-land -- Britain decided
> to keep the Pound instead.
Eur. Ing. is AFAIK an EU standard, it's not an academic qualification per se. I'll try
to dig up some more info on i
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The way I've always seen it, this query serves 2 purposes;
1) to determine how mail, etc., should be addressed
2) to determine gender.
I've always had a big problem with this being used as gender
determination because of the option 'Dr.' It doesn't
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Jenn V. wrote:
> WHY are there no pockets in women's clothes? Are we assumed to not want to
> carry things?
The conclusion was based on the two following premises/prejudices/stereotypes:
1) Women carry so much things that they need to have purses.
2) A person with a purse ha
On 16 Jan 2000, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
> > I like the solution of the VA Linux web team: use webgoddess.
> > Mistress, at least in the US, carries a connotation of dominatrix.
>
> And what's the problem with that? :)
It leaves their coworkers with, um, "unrealistic expectations." :)
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Mary Wood wrote:
> The way I've always seen it, this query serves 2 purposes;
> 1) to determine how mail, etc., should be addressed
This was a British company and the Brits are more title-oriented than
Americans. In fairness to them, they've corrected the page and did so whe
> > > I quite like Esquire, but mainly for the fact that it is such an
> > > anachronism these days!
>
> > "Esquire", these days, means you're an attorney.
>
> Is that a US usage? I don't think it's a common meaning in the UK (or I'm just
>showing my ignorance!)
>
> Yours,
> Ian.
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