NOTE:
That’s Col Douglas Mortimer, best shot in the Carolinas,
not to be confused with DougM, okay shot in NC
You’re Pronounsing it Wrong
NOTE:
That’s Col Douglas Mortimer, best shot in the Carolinas,
not to be confused with DougM, okay shot in NC
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.
*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)
Call me any honorific you choose, but don’t call me late for dinner.
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
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.
John Galt, call your office.
‘Ben’
as in Ben Franklin, an American inventor if ever there was one