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[Kathleen O'Connell]

Tired of plain old Mr., Mrs., Ms., and Miss? The "Title" dropdown box on the Royal Opera House's registration form  provides some handy alternatives, and since it is a required field, one  cannot, must not leave it blank in a sentimental fit of democratic  fellow-feeling. So many to choose from! "Princessin"! "Viscondessa"!  "Prof Dame"!  "Marchesa" is very pretty, but I think I'll opt for "The  Dowager Marchioness of ..." (One presumably fills in the blank with the  appropriate fiefdom. Note to self: grab name of fabulous sounding  fiefdom before they're all gone, like all the best domain names and  email addresses.)

I'm guessing "HE The French Ambassador M" is  already taken. Harumph! I see there's no "HE The French Ambassador MME"!  Perhaps a Mme Ambassador is expected to know how to type in the rest.  There's no Her Hon Judge, either, just His. The patriarchy lives on ...

One may select "Duke of" and "Earl," but not "Duke of Earl," alas.

These folks are so trusting ...  

[Leigh Witchel]

I either want "HE Senora" or "The Venerable."

[Simon G]

Kathleen O, on 13 June 2011 - 11:27 AM, said:

Tired of plain old Mr., Mrs., Ms., and Miss? The "Title" dropdown box on the Royal Opera House's registration form  provides some handy alternatives, and since it is a required field, one  cannot, must not leave it blank in a sentimental fit of democratic  fellow-feeling. So many to choose from! "Princessin"! "Viscondessa"!  "Prof Dame"!  "Marchesa" is very pretty, but I think I'll opt for "The  Dowager Marchioness of ..." (One presumably fills in the blank with the  appropriate fiefdom. Note to self: grab name of fabulous sounding  fiefdom before they're all gone, like all the best domain names and  email addresses.)

I'm guessing "HE The French Ambassador M" is  already taken. Harumph! I see there's no "HE The French Ambassador MME"!  Perhaps a Mme Ambassador is expected to know how to type in the rest.  There's no Her Hon Judge, either, just His. The patriarchy lives on ...

One may select "Duke of" and "Earl," but not "Duke of Earl," alas.

These folks are so trusting ...  

Now there's a website that won't be missed come the Revolution.

[Kathleen O'Connell]

Simon G, on 13 June 2011 - 01:59 PM, said:

Now there's a website that won't be missed come the Revolution.

Not unless they add "Tovarich" or "Citoyen" ...

[Simon G]

Kathleen O, on 13 June 2011 - 02:42 PM, said:

Simon G, on 13 June 2011 - 01:59 PM, said:

Now there's a website that won't be missed come the Revolution.

Not unless they add "Tovarich" or "Citoyen" ...

Да товарищ O'Connell, благодарю вас!

[dirac]

Kathleen O, on 13 June 2011 - 02:42 PM, said:

Simon G, on 13 June 2011 - 01:59 PM, said:

Now there's a website that won't be missed come the Revolution.

Not unless they add "Tovarich" or "Citoyen" ...

Salud, Camarada!

In the meantime, I think I'd like to be Very Reverend. Plain old Reverend just doesn't cut it.

[Leigh Witchel]

Simon G, on 13 June 2011 - 01:59 PM, said:

Now there's a website that won't be missed come the Revolution.

Think again, Sir Loin of Beef . . .

http://www.spike.com...9dbcc/king-bugs

Sincerely,

Count of Basie.

[dirac]

On second thought, I may just go the whole hog and pick "Queen."

Great topic, Kathleen.

[Simon G]

If you scroll down the list according to the ROH all levels of military personnel go to the Opera and Ballet except for petty officers and privates, the lowest ranks.

There is just so much wrong with this the laughter is bitter in one's throat. And since when did Queens book and pay for their own tickets, online no less?

[Leigh Witchel]

must. . .not . . .make. . .joke . . . hard . . . to . . . resist. . .will . . . failing . . .

[Helene]

must. leave. now. instead. of. posting. response.

(Let's hold hands and be our support group.)

[Jayne]

I always liked the English titles for their clergy, to wit:
The Right Reverend so-and-so
The Very Reverend so-and-so
etc, etc.

[ksk04]

Simon G, on 13 June 2011 - 05:53 PM, said:

And since when did Queens book and pay for their own tickets, online no less?

I'm rather enjoying the image of the Queen creating an online account and navigating through the ROH website.



You have to wonder, is this something they thought of themselves (in which case, they have a rather skewed view of their customers who are likely to use online ticketing) or did some lower Baron of Something-or-Other throw a fit and they were forced to put it in?

[dirac]

She has courtiers for all her online shopping.

Go ahead, Leigh. Make the joke. You know you want to....

I'm also puzzled by some omissions. Why are Dowager Marchionesses the only Dowagers listed? Surely there must be other titled widows of a certain age who go to the ballet.

(Speaking of "come the revolution," Simon, am I wrong or didn't you already have one? Charles I lost his head, I believe? And then you invited all those titled unemployables back again. Somewhat neutered, of course, but still.)

[Simon G]

dirac, on 13 June 2011 - 09:21 PM, said:

She has courtiers for all her online shopping.

Go ahead, Leigh. Make the joke. You know you want to....

I'm also puzzled by some omissions. Why are Dowager Marchionesses the only Dowagers listed? Surely there must be other titled widows of a certain age who go to the ballet.

(Speaking of "come the revolution," Simon, am I wrong or didn't you already have one? Charles I lost his head, I believe? And then you invited all those titled unemployables back again. Somewhat neutered, of course, but still.)

Dirac,

I think in this case you can assume that the ROH is catering directly to its core subscribers/individuals. In the UK we have several Dowager Marchionesses, which is a title in itself.

So when the current Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, Bute, Queensbury, Lansdowne etc etc etc books her tickets online (or has some flunky do it for her) she'll get a lil frisson of delight to see that the ROH subscriptions department has catered precisely to her title. Now that's customer service.