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You’re Pronounsing it Wrong

December 9, 2023

NOTE:
That’s Col Douglas Mortimer, best shot in the Carolinas,
not to be confused with DougM, okay shot in NC

7 THOUGHTS ON “You’re Pronounsing it Wrong”

  • dick not quite dead white guy says:
    December 9, 2023 at 9:26 am

    I met the Commandant of the Marine Corps once, who in all his dress white glory, introduced himself with “Hi, I’m Charlie Krulak, I hope you enjoyed the ceremony.” I was kinda overwhelmed with all the stars and medals – every general I ever encountered was “SIR” unless maybe you were family.

    So I guess we get to call you by your first name – “Colonel” – if we’re well-acquainted, otherwise “Sir” is more polite and proper.
    As for most of these pronoun creeps, “It” seems most appropriate, given their psychoses, neuroses and assholiness.

    • DougM says:
      December 9, 2023 at 5:26 pm

      *heh*
      Don’t call me ‘sir’, I work for a living.

      Only civilian who used the honorific was a
      very pretty lady friend who like to pout-vamp:
      ‘cuhnel Doug-honey’
      (What? Yes. Yes, it always worked)

  • Igor says:
    December 9, 2023 at 8:17 pm

    Call me any honorific you choose, but don’t call me late for dinner.

  • Mechtech says:
    December 10, 2023 at 6:21 am

    I’ve heard the title can still be acquired in Kentucky.

    Although I’d kinda like to know if there is a title for Patent holders.

    There’s fewer than ten million of us in the history of the country. PhDs, etc., are a dime a dozen.

    –mech

    • dick not quite dead white guy says:
      December 10, 2023 at 9:12 am

      Mech, I never thought about that. What would that be? “Patent Awardee” John Doe or “Patent Holder” John Doe are kind of awkward. How about “Inventor” John Doe? “Solutioner” John Doe, “Solver” John Doe?
      I have some plaques in a drawer somewhere, but now knowing we’re a rare breed, maybe I should put them up on the wall. I’ve often said engineers, technicians and designers should go on strike as a counter protest to leftist strikes and see what happens when every thing grinds to a halt in a month or so.

      • leelu says:
        December 10, 2023 at 10:47 am

        John Galt, call your office.

      • DougM says:
        December 11, 2023 at 5:58 am

        ‘Ben’
        as in Ben Franklin, an American inventor if ever there was one

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