Whats in a title
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Capt Hartnup, congratulations on your fine achievement. My Samoan Attorney advises to ignore the wailing and gnashing of teeth by correspondents on this forum and to utilise your honorific at every opportunity. Sincerely, HST.
Old one this Captain biz. Once came across a seamanship instructor who styled himself Captain. Turned out he was a retired Rasc bod not R.N. He got a bit toey when I asked if he knew many Captains of the Head, (Bog cleaners FYI)
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So I had my first go at using my title today. A telemarketer called. "Hello Ms Hartnup, how are you today?" I corrected her. "Its Capt Harntup, actually" She responded with, "Oh, sorry, well done. Where have you served?" My response, "Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane this week." "Oh, ok, it must be hard on the body." "Incredibly!" I replied. Yeah, maybe I might be better off sticking with my unofficial title from here on in.
Capt Hartnup, congratulations on your fine achievement. My Samoan Attorney advises to ignore the wailing and gnashing of teeth by correspondents on this forum and to utilise your honorific at every opportunity. Sincerely, HST.
Honorifics can be a burden! At various times in my career I have been a:
Sgt - CMF
Dr - courtesy
Dr - PhD
Capt - aviation
Capt - marine
Prof - academic
and lets not get into post nominals!
Sgt - CMF
Dr - courtesy
Dr - PhD
Capt - aviation
Capt - marine
Prof - academic
and lets not get into post nominals!
Last edited by ForkTailedDrKiller; 31st Mar 2022 at 03:50.
Congrats Capt Hartnup on your hard earned Left Seat.
Back in the day you could have asked the preeminent subject matter expert Captain Ace 4 Bars himself.
His girlfriend might still be lurking around, could try her for an opinion?
BAz
Back in the day you could have asked the preeminent subject matter expert Captain Ace 4 Bars himself.
His girlfriend might still be lurking around, could try her for an opinion?
BAz
Or maybe Kremin or Kirk...