Re. the miss/ms/mrs thing: I know! I couldn't believe it when I came to the UK and was actually given official documents that noted my marital status. I don't want my credit card to state Miss [my first names' initials] [my last name] - I want it to have my name on it. Anything else is completely ridiculous, to my mind. My marital status is utterly irrelevant to any of these things, and I frankly find the insistence on using that information rather offensive. I realise that the UK tends to be rather more formal with these things than is usual in Denmark - I'd have trouble being formal with the Queen - but including marital status in the mix just makes it nearly impossible for me to cope with. It's one thing that really puzzles me - the British seem so preoccupied with privacy, but that piece of extremely personal information must be out there for all to see. It's just really, really weird.
... Okay, I could keep ranting about this until the cows come home. I'll just go look at the rest of the post instead now.
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Date: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 01:27 pm (UTC)From:... Okay, I could keep ranting about this until the cows come home. I'll just go look at the rest of the post instead now.