RE: [issues] Re: Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr. or Sir

2000-01-17 Thread Ian Phillips
> > 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. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-17 Thread Ian Phillips
> 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. #ifndef __COMMON_SENSE__ | Ian Phillips #include | TIBCO Software Inc. #endif

RE: [issues] Eur. Ing.? was Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr. or Sir

2000-01-17 Thread Ian Phillips
> 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

[issues] Re; Mr., Mrs., Miss., Dr. or Sir

2000-01-17 Thread Mary Wood
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-17 Thread Sunnanvind
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

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-17 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
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." :) --

Re: [issues] Re; Mr., Mrs., Miss., Dr. or Sir

2000-01-17 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
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

Re: [issues] Re: Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr. or Sir

2000-01-17 Thread Chris J/#6
> > > 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. Never seen