Date:  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 14:22:00 +0000
From:  Lynne Murphy <M_Lynne_Murphy[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BAYLOR.EDU>
Subject: Re: squires

barbara harris wrote:
 my (English) father told me
> that any male under the age of twelve should be addressed on an envelope as
> "Master,"

i learned this as well, but probably from my grandparents.

> that's it. By the way, BCTV has a sports announcer called Squire Barnes,
> apparently his real name!

south africa is great for such names. there's a soccer star named
doctor khumalo, various people named 'prince' 'princess' 'chief, and
i've even heard of a 'professor' (but never a 'president').  i had a
student whose name was "wonderboy doctor xxxx" (can't remember the
last name--it didn't measure up to the first two). at the last
graduation ceremony i attended there, he was graduated "with
distinction". i was trying to figure out how he did that when he
never came to class or handed in assignments. i can only figure that
it was his name.

lynne

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M. Lynne Murphy
Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English
Baylor University
PO Box 97404
Waco, TX 76798