Gawd Help Us, You Can't Even Call Someone By Their Correct Name And Title!

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43557516
So must we now know not only someones name but their preferred appellation?

[goodgoalie]

James Paul McCartney
Boris's family evidently call him Alexander or Al

[THECORBYLOON]

JACKDAW, the point being, that is the name they PREFER to be called.

[youngmafbog]

oops looks like that lefty post has back fired :-)

[Zacs-Master]

From Wiki
‘When Thornberry was seven, her parents divorced and she had to leave their home with her mother and two brothers. After this, she relied on free school meals and food parcels, and their cats had to be put down to save money.’

There’s generally a childhood event which shapes us as an adult

[Jackdaw33]

My late brother's names were Stephen Clive. He was always known as Clive within the family but insisted on using Stephen outside.

[youngmafbog]

Is that why she appears to hate the working class English man then ZM?

[Zacs-Master]

I have no knowledge of her hating the English working class man, YMB. What has she done / said in that regard?

[andy-hughes]

jourdain - // his is totally daft. Having been divorced and lived in France I am used to being addressed by my maiden name. Socially, I am addressed as Madam/Mrs................. (my husband's surname). I have no problem with this at all. I keep my bank accounts etc. in my maiden name, because that is what is normal in France. Even HMRC understands this. What is this woman's problem? I answer to both names, the postman happily delivers letters to both names and knows me - how on earth is Boris to know which she prefers and does it matter anyway? //

The whole point is that Boris does know her preferred name, and he deliberately pretended not to as a 'joke' which is actually just being deliberatly disrespectful.

Does her name matter? To her yes, it does.

Does disrespect in the House matter? To everyone, yes it does.

[naomi24]

With all that’s going on in this world this really is absolutely pathetic.

[naomi24]

Just to clarify that^ it's a fuss over something that to anyone with any sense should never be an issue.

[Zacs-Master]

Oh I see, it was her with the tweet of the house with the England flags and white van.

[ToraToraTora]

Like Andy Hughes you can call me Tora, Mr Tora just don't call me Tora that's all. If err indoors was a Dame would I be Lord Tora? (rhet!). Anyway, in real life I never object to any variant in my name because all that does in give ammo to sip takers.

[jim360]

AnotheOldGit raises a very good point. Getting het up about being called by their actual name is something only sad people do.

[andy-hughes]

jim360 - // AnotheOldGit raises a very good point. Getting het up about being called by their actual name is something only sad people do. //

Since, in case you are in any doubt, it was myself that AOG was referring to in his post, personally, I don't think rudeness and disrespect are things that anyone should have to put up with and challenging rudeness and disrespect does not, in my view, make anyone a 'sad person'.

Perhaps we can just agree to differ.

[New Judge]

“What is this woman's problem?”

She has many but in this particular instance I believe she resents the fact that she has acquired a title courtesy of her husband’s knighthood.

[andy-hughes]

New Judge - // “What is this woman's problem?”

She has many but in this particular instance I believe she resents the fact that she has acquired a title courtesy of her husband’s knighthood. //

In this particular instance, she took exception to the Foreign Secretary's mocking sarcasm in using her title, and then pretending not to know what it is.

I don't believe that is in any way connected to your perceived resentment of her reception of her title at all.

[jim360]

Actually, I neither knew nor cared to whom AnotheOldGit was referring. I just know that in the past AnotherOldGit has expressed a vehement dislike of being called "AnotheOldGit", even though it says AnotheOldGit under AnotheOldGit's avatar. Most people call him AOG (rather than AnotheOldGit) out of respect for AnotheOldGit's preference...

Which, you know, makes him a hypocrite -- and that is the point I was making. I apologise if this point was lost in translation, although hopefully the not-at-all-subtle passage above puts paid to any ambiguity.

[andy-hughes]

jim - // Actually, I neither knew nor cared to whom AnotheOldGit was referring. I just know that in the past AnotherOldGit has expressed a vehement dislike of being called "AnotheOldGit", even though it says AnotheOldGit under AnotheOldGit's avatar. Most people call him AOG (rather than AnotheOldGit) out of respect for AnotheOldGit's preference...

Which, you know, makes him a hypocrite -- and that is the point I was making. I apologise if this point was lost in translation, although hopefully the not-at-all-subtle passage above puts paid to any ambiguity. //

My apologies if I misunderstood your point, with which I entirely concur.

I am sure AOG will be along this afternoon to offer his point of view on what both you and I have said.