"David Hansen" wrote in message
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Whether one considers age or marital status a solution to this very
minor "problem" is either the Ms approach, or to re-adopt Master
(abbreviated to Ma perhaps) for young/unmarried persons of the male
persuasion and reserve Mr for married/older ones.

Or just the name of the person being addressed. If I sign a letter 'Mary
Fisher' I'm indicating that a title isn't necessary and I'm happy to be
addressed as Mary. That's my choice and no-one should assume anything
different.

'Ms' has become a lazy way of addressing ALL women, even when a title has
been asked for.

As for 'Master', I can't see any problem with that and I've used it. It can
add dignity to the feeling a youngster has for himself.

Whatever happened to 'Esq'?

Mary

David Hansen wrote:

To get back to the original point, if someone called you Fisher on
this newsgroup what would you think?

Perhaps we should get back to the original point, which was about
small-scale wind turbines.

Would you, as something of a supporter of such devices, care to comment
upon the issue of the drop-off in power with decreasing windspeed?

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"David Hansen" wrote in message
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Whether one considers age or marital status a solution to this very
minor "problem" is either the Ms approach, or to re-adopt Master
(abbreviated to Ma perhaps) for young/unmarried persons of the male
persuasion and reserve Mr for married/older ones.

Or just the name of the person being addressed. If I sign a letter 'Mary
Fisher' I'm indicating that a title isn't necessary and I'm happy to be
addressed as Mary. That's my choice and no-one should assume anything
different.

'Ms' has become a lazy way of addressing ALL women, even when a title has
been asked for.

As for 'Master', I can't see any problem with that and I've used it. It
can add dignity to the feeling a youngster has for himself.

Whatever happened to 'Esq'?

Mary

'Esq' has probably become obsolescent - if not obsolete- by word processors
and their associated mail-merge databases/ address books.
However, only yesterday, I received a letter bearing a stick-on address
label, sent to; -
Mr & Mrs Brian Sharrock Esq. !
Somebody need a lesson in etiquette.

AFAIK, the suffix 'Esq' as an identifier for layers is a peculiarly USA
usage.

--

Brian

"Brian Sharrock" wrote in message
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...

"David Hansen" wrote in message
...

Whether one considers age or marital status a solution to this very
minor "problem" is either the Ms approach, or to re-adopt Master
(abbreviated to Ma perhaps) for young/unmarried persons of the male
persuasion and reserve Mr for married/older ones.

Or just the name of the person being addressed. If I sign a letter 'Mary
Fisher' I'm indicating that a title isn't necessary and I'm happy to be
addressed as Mary. That's my choice and no-one should assume anything
different.

'Ms' has become a lazy way of addressing ALL women, even when a title has
been asked for.

As for 'Master', I can't see any problem with that and I've used it. It
can add dignity to the feeling a youngster has for himself.

Whatever happened to 'Esq'?

Mary

'Esq' has probably become obsolescent - if not obsolete- by word
processors and their associated mail-merge databases/ address books.

But there are still some who type or even (horros!) hand-write letters and
envelopes!

However, only yesterday, I received a letter bearing a stick-on address
label, sent to; -
Mr & Mrs Brian Sharrock Esq. !
Somebody need a lesson in etiquette.

Indeed.

AFAIK, the suffix 'Esq' as an identifier for layers is a peculiarly USA
usage.

How did hens get into this?

I mean, there's thread drift and thread drift but this???

Mary

"Owain" wrote in message
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Brian Sharrock wrote:
'Esq' has probably become obsolescent - if not obsolete- by word
processors and their associated mail-merge databases/ address books.
However, only yesterday, I received a letter bearing a stick-on address
label, sent to; -
Mr & Mrs Brian Sharrock Esq. !
Somebody need a lesson in etiquette.

Dear Mr and Mrs Esq...?

I once worked for a company dealing with forestry investments. I would
estimate that about half the sales database were titled, ranging from Rt
Hons to Excellencies and Highnesses.

And a lot of the rest media 'stars' I bet!

Mary