Banks that offer gender neutral titles

bugslet

Robisere wrote: »

I grew up in Nottinghamshire and usually address all women as 'miduck' or simply 'duck'. As in " 'eyup miduck, ar yer allreight?"

Translation: I am greeting a girl or woman in terms I grew up to accept as terms of endearment, and asking after her wellbeing.

There are people posting on this Thread who would probably like to have me shot.

The other side of the coin, is that I grew up learning to treat all women as ladies. It's only since the PC Brigade took over this country, that I discovered that there are not so many real ladies in the UK.

What a truly silly Thread.

I try to be a lady! And being Northern, we have our own never meant to be offensive form of address, so you can call me miduck, love.:)

boliston

i think there is something to be said for using surname only for formal conversations and first name only for less formal conversations - i have noticed a lot of websites ditching the pointless www prefix so it's a bit like ditching the pointless mr mrs miss ms as they serve no useful purpose

Samsung_Note2

Deleted_User wrote: »

Sounds like he was brain washed by the Daily Mail & Co.

Wondering if he was the same old bloke in the local independent motor factors once when I asked for Bosch spark plugs, he ranted on about how they are German and bad and that they went to war and stuff and that I shouldn't buy Bosch spark plugs. :rotfl:

Ranted...never met my grand father then lol

Considering the ship he was on when sunk by the japanese lost most of the people on it..then taken to work in labour camp by the japanese,id personally say he had grounds to be some what grumpy about his captors during and after his release.

Never a bad word came out of mouth about them..loved asian food (this is back in the days of very grey food dont forget) and said they were simply doing their job.

What he was unhappy with was how the world changed and is now changing at a frighten speed.

He was the sort to hold a door open for a female as he would assume she was a lady and thats what gentlemen did...and he was just that,a gentle man.

tenchy

boliston wrote: »

i think there is something to be said for using surname only for formal conversations and first name only for less formal conversations - i have noticed a lot of websites ditching the pointless www prefix so it's a bit like ditching the pointless mr mrs miss ms as they serve no useful purpose

It's ill mannered to address a woman by her surname, but no so for a man. As for the titles, they do impart basic information about the person, so in that respect they are useful.

Samsung_Note2

Deleted_User wrote: »

I think calling someone a snowflake or whatever for believing in something that you don't is disrespectful too.

Respect is earned, not automatic due to age.

No one was called a snowflake...""however this snowflake lets all be equal neutral was too much""

The line was referring to the attitude.

John-K_3

veryintrigued wrote: »

Ironically that's disrespectable in itself.

Respect should be automatic unless someone proves you wrong and its lost.

Rubbish.

You should treat people respectfully as a default, but as above, actually feeling respect for them only comes after you earn it.

What do you think you are actually respecting about someone of whom you know nothing? You respect things, the way someone behaves, the way they have lives, the things that they have done.

John-K_3

pafpcg wrote: »

Yes, but I rapidly dropped the "Dr" when I started to work for the NHS (as a highly technical but non-medical specialist). It surprised me just how my non-medical colleagues regarded me when they thought I was "one of them" and how medically-qualified colleagues addressed me when they thought I was "one of us". And status is jealously guarded within the medical profession itself - surgeons, who consider themselves a cut above their physician colleagues, insist upon being addressed as "Mr"!

My GP refused to use my title after insisting that I called her doctor, despite her not having a doctorate.

I always used her first name after that.

veryintrigued

John-K wrote: »

Rubbish.

You should treat people respectfully as a default, but as above, actually feeling respect for them only comes after you earn it.

..... You respect things.....

You respect 'things'? Thats weird in this context.

I respect people AND show them respect as default. That's unless they write nonsense like this.

Archi_Bald

Herbalus wrote: »

Do you have a boat?

I live on a barge, which would be very upset if it was discriminated against because it chooses to only do canals.

eskbanker

Archi_Bald wrote: »

I live on a barge, which would be very upset if it was discriminated against because it chooses to only do canals.

Do you adopt standard nautical terminology and refer to the vessel as 'she' or is another pronoun preferred, more neutral perhaps?

And does this make you the proud owner of a bargepole, with which to navigate away from dodgy investment products masquerading as savings accounts (Lose Capital & Fast)?