[Magdalen] I got an email from Mrs. Michelle Obama!

[Christopher Hart]

Off topic, but does anyone else get annoyed when people (especially TV
characters) say something like "My name is Detective Rizzolli or my name is
Lt. Barnes"? The title isn't part of their name. Why not simply "I am Lt.
Barnes"? Who writes these scripts?

On Friday, October 2, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I may start introducing myself as "Mr. Scott Knitter." I wonder if it's a
> Nigerian custom to include one's own honorific?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Oct 2, 2015, at 9:28 AM, M J [Mike] Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Their use of names is sometimes interesting, like this time.  My
> favorite was the time I got one from Dr Kenneth Logsdon.  (My bro's name is
> Kenneth.)
>


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