Re: First report on Coní

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> "Mr. Bush" sounds vaguely insulting to me.  He should be called
> "President Bush", not "Mr. Bush".  "Mr." makes him sound like a private
> citizen instead of the leader of the country.
Historically, that is exactly his title:  "Mr. President", as decided by
the First Congress.  (Definitely better than "His Elective Majesty".)
It was as a deliberate symbol of republicanism (the rejection of monarchy
and aristocracy) that Americans chose to give their leader precisely the
title of a private citizen.

When a woman gets the job, we'll have to see whether it's "Madam President"
or "M[r]s. President".

--
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_