[lit-ideas] Re: Names/ titles/ books on tape
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:44:53 -0700
On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:22 AM, David Ritchie wrote:
Alexander Mc Call Smith passes time well.
I should have specified the Botswana books. The others I haven't
much enjoyed, though I see that "2 and a 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom" is
read by Hugh Laurie. That might be worth a try. I also should have
eliminated a space, Alexander McCall Smith.
Thinking about one his characters, Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von
Igelfeld, brought to mind a conversation I had last week with a
colleague who is organizing a conference. She listed a speaker,
"Professor Doctor Someoneorother." I wondered if this was a
disciplinary status issue--the conference is on a subject that has
less academic status than say, Neuroendocrinology; everyone else on
the program is listed as "Bert" or "Doris"--but not this lady. The
organizer said she insisted on her full title. She's Swiss.
You'll recall, those of you with memories that is, that on February 9
2009 I directed your attention to the correct way to address the
current president of Trinidad and Tobago, "His Excellency Professor
Max Richards, T.C., C.M.T." Note that his Ph.D. gets lost in all
this; the rest suffices.
David Ritchie, E.T.C.
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