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18. Emily Post agrees

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 01:20 AM

Nov 2013

http://www.emilypost.com/forms-of-address/titles/777-official-forms-of-address

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Need help, but it's no biggie. How should one address a former Office holder? [View all] LaydeeBug Nov 2013 OP

No, I think she forfeited that one when she bowed out after half a term Warpy Nov 2013 #1

how about "Disgraced Resigned Governor Palin"? dionysus Nov 2013 #4

Oh, *I*'d call her much worse than that, I just wanted to know whether she can be called that LaydeeBug Nov 2013 #5

Half governor, or half assed governor. NV Whino Nov 2013 #2

Probably, but I think "Grifter" better captures the real Palin rurallib Nov 2013 #3

I believe "Princess Dumbass Of The North Woods" is still the preferred title. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2013 #6

Her Maverickesty Enrique Nov 2013 #7

Nice 1000words Nov 2013 #14

Good one, Enrique! Which inspires another: Her Rogueness. nt pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #19

Maybe she doesn't want the title. Cleita Nov 2013 #8

I should really change my OP. This is getting cray. nt LaydeeBug Nov 2013 #9

Call her Vice President Palin. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #10

If I were ever so fortunate to meet her (/sarcasm), Staph Nov 2013 #11

"Why, how nice to meet-chew, Fox News Analyst Palin!!!" MADem Nov 2013 #13

The protocol I was taught was "highest rank held." MADem Nov 2013 #12

The protocol is that if the position has one holder at a time (president, governor) only the current Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #15

I'm not arguing with the guidance in the book, but I can tell you that MADem Nov 2013 #16

There's protocol, and there's the laziness of our media. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #17

And there's "social protocol," and I've seen examples of this usage back in the 1960s. MADem Nov 2013 #21

GW needs to get some concealer to dab on that everlasting red nose of his. n/t Contrary1 Nov 2013 #20

For starters! Maybe ten layers of pan-stick to cover up those gin blossoms, too. nt MADem Nov 2013 #22

Emily Post agrees Sgent Nov 2013 #18

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