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Subject:Re: Title--US vs non-US usage From:"Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:34:51 -0500
Sean Hower (or is that Hower Sean) and others, mostly off-list, have suggested that I use "Position" instead of "Title." However, all of the responses so far have been from the US; so I'm holding off on a decision until I hear from at least one or two non-murkins.
I guess my main hesitation is that "missionary" as an answer is going to get old really really really fast.
Dick
Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> wrote:
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>Dick Margulis asks:
>Should I change the field label to "Position" or "Title/Position"?
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>How about:
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>Title (Mr, Mrs, Ms) <field>
>First(given) Name <field>
>Last (family) Name <field>
>Company <field>
>Position <field>
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>I know you didn't ask about first and last name, but having spent a lot of time learning about East Asian countries, I think it might be nice to clarify exactly what you mean by first name. :-)
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