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Use this tag for questions about prescribed forms of titles, for example Mrs, Doctor, Sir, Her Royal Highness, The Most Honourable, etc.

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In the past few months, I've noticed a salutation that's new to me personally: "Hello Team". Of course I've seen and understand "Team" as a form of address for the collective ...
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I'm Italian, and in my country, I can say "questa signora," for example, as a generic term, but in English, "gal" is derogatory, and I think I can use "lady" to show ...
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I was talking to a customer support representative who had an Indian accent. She kept referring to me as "Mister Barry" (Barry is my first name). Is most of the English-speaking world, we ...
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Let's say that Jane Doe marries David Jones, divorces him and then marries John Smith. During the first marriage, we say that she is Jane Jones née Doe and the same (Jane Smith née Doe) during the ...
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Is "né" (masculine) or "née" (feminine) ever used to refer to the secular name of a religious (i.e., monk or nun)? For example: Sr. Mary Dominic (née Jill Smith) or Br. Raphael ...
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Is there a word for when a derogatory title or form of address is used affectionately? For example, nigger is highly offensive, but some friends address each other with that word. Perhaps I'm thinking ...
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There are several ways of noble addressing, such as: Third person - female (Her) Third person - male (His) Second person (Your) e.g : Your Highness But, what are the meanings behind that? Why it ...
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Suppose, for instance, that a man (John Smith) and his father are both present in a conversation and that the speaker would like to address each of them individually. Suppose also that the ...
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I recently was called for jury duty in Wisconsin and was surprised to see Caucasian as a race choice. I called the clerk and she said most people check other and write white. What other designation ...
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My father’s name is Piyush Singh and my mother’s name is Seema Singh. My question is whether referring to them as Mrs and Mr Piyush Singh wrong.
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If I said the following words, "I will watch a movie today only if I take care of the dust devil." How can the listener know that I am saying "dust devil" versus addressing the ...
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I'm currently working on a technical system that needs to differentiate parts of an honorific. Reading articles and explanations on this subject is a little frustrating as title, address and ...
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Let's say there is a lawyer named Sue Smith. She could be referred to as Ms. Smith, but is there a different formal prepended honorific specific to lawyers? Particularly when addressing one directly.
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I'm editing a chapter of a novel translated from Chinese, where kinship terms are often used as a form of address replacing a name. In this case, the speaker is referring to another woman as "...
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In my language there is an older form in which you use kinship term in the middle of a sentence, in which normally you would use "you". Here's how this would look translated to English Normal -> "Dad,...
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