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By *aggoner OP Man
over a year ago
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How do you handle it?
I hate being called Sir. I would rather be called by my name, using Mister if they have to but definitely not Sir.
I have an aversion to titles and avoid them wherever possible. Unless they are meaningful, like Doctor.
But anything that implies status, such as My Lord, Reverend, Your Majesty -NEVER.
I cringe when I think what the words really mean. |
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By *aggoner OP Man
over a year ago
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"Doesn't bother me in the slightest, it's part of our culture."
I’m guessing you have a title then.
Otherwise I can’t imagine a self- respecting person telling someone that they acknowledge that that person is somehow their superior. |
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"Doesn't bother me in the slightest, it's part of our culture.
I’m guessing you have a title then.
Otherwise I can’t imagine a self- respecting person telling someone that they acknowledge that that person is somehow their superior. "
I don't have a title, I don't have a inferiority complex either. I don't read into the notion that having a title equals superiority. |
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I occasionally call my friend who has a Lordship My Lord, but otherwise, fuck that noise.
The amount of supposed subs who start off with Goddess or Mistress as if I've agreed to any kind of dynamic with them or earned an honorific. Ugh. |
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"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!"
It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager..... |
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"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!
It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager....."
I just find it odd that it's so ingrained in me for a religion that's not my own.
I have two Anglican churches and a Catholic church in walking distance. I know the vicar of one of the Anglican churches is Gordon, and I refer to him as Gordon. No title, no reverend, just Gordon because that's how he introduced himself to me when we first met.
The Catholic church is currently under Father John. I wouldn't dream of calling him John. If I pass him on the street he always says hello and I always say "hello father", no thought goes into it at all, it's an automatic thing. I wasn't raised Catholic but somehow that reaction is there! |
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"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!
It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager.....
I just find it odd that it's so ingrained in me for a religion that's not my own.
I have two Anglican churches and a Catholic church in walking distance. I know the vicar of one of the Anglican churches is Gordon, and I refer to him as Gordon. No title, no reverend, just Gordon because that's how he introduced himself to me when we first met.
The Catholic church is currently under Father John. I wouldn't dream of calling him John. If I pass him on the street he always says hello and I always say "hello father", no thought goes into it at all, it's an automatic thing. I wasn't raised Catholic but somehow that reaction is there!"
But Gordon holds the title of vicar, that's denotes his place within the church. I haven't got a problem with someone having the 'title' vicar. |
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"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!
It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager.....
I just find it odd that it's so ingrained in me for a religion that's not my own.
I have two Anglican churches and a Catholic church in walking distance. I know the vicar of one of the Anglican churches is Gordon, and I refer to him as Gordon. No title, no reverend, just Gordon because that's how he introduced himself to me when we first met.
The Catholic church is currently under Father John. I wouldn't dream of calling him John. If I pass him on the street he always says hello and I always say "hello father", no thought goes into it at all, it's an automatic thing. I wasn't raised Catholic but somehow that reaction is there!
But Gordon holds the title of vicar, that's denotes his place within the church. I haven't got a problem with someone having the 'title' vicar."
I haven't got a problem with either, I am just saying I find it weird that the one I find instinctive is a priest when I'm not Catholic. Neither bother me at all in any way. |
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