Miss Manners rocks
Jul. 21st, 2004 09:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teleribMiss Manners answers a slightly snarky letter on forms of address for same-sex married couples.
First, she snarks right back.
Second, the advice is perfectly good and carefully accounts for all the usual permutations (sharing last name, or not, preferring Mrs., or Ms.)
Third, in the case of "two men not sharing a last name" she recommends that "each be addressed by his full name with the appropriate honorific (Mr., Dr., Colonel)."
Took me a minute to catch it.
Colonel.
That's a classy and understated way of making a point.
First, she snarks right back.
Second, the advice is perfectly good and carefully accounts for all the usual permutations (sharing last name, or not, preferring Mrs., or Ms.)
Third, in the case of "two men not sharing a last name" she recommends that "each be addressed by his full name with the appropriate honorific (Mr., Dr., Colonel)."
Took me a minute to catch it.
Colonel.
That's a classy and understated way of making a point.
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Date: 2004-07-23 06:57 am (UTC)She's pretty good about advocating civility and respect for all. So, while she may or may not personally think tattoos are tasteful, she definitely sat on someone who thought that the open display of tattoos was carte blanche for making snide comments about them (7/7/04 column).
The concept of respect for everyone, not just the "right" people, is pretty open-minded and tolerant. That (and her overall tone, which amuses me) is one of the reasons I enjoy her column.