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ms.peachy
11-10-2005, 05:24 PM
Two pieces of mail came through the letterbox today.

1st piece: addressed to mr.peachy, as G----- N--------, Esq. Mr.p is not an attorney.

2nd piece: addressed to me, an invitation to apply for membership to the Carnegie Club, at Skibo Castle. (http://www.carnegieclub.co.uk/index.php)

Who is this mail for?
Ace42X
11-10-2005, 05:27 PM
Two pieces of mail came through the letterbox today.

1st piece: addressed to mr.peachy, as G----- N--------, Esq. Mr.p is not an attorney.

Esquire isn't a term reserved for the bar. It is just a pleasantry. Historically it was a chvallric rank (for the unlanded gentry), but in more recent history, it merely signified a scholarly or trusted member of an estate or parish.
ms.peachy
11-10-2005, 05:29 PM
but in more recent history, it merely signified a scholarly or trusted member of an estate or parish.

Yeah okay but even if we use that definition... wtf?
Bob
11-10-2005, 05:35 PM
this thread is now about guessing mr. peachy's name

gareth novello
gunter nobbington
gottfried nietzche
Ace42X
11-10-2005, 05:38 PM
Yeah okay but even if we use that definition... wtf?

Rank has been disbanded in the UK, and class distinctions blurred. Parish squires have not existed formally for a few centuries, the title is older than your home country. Now it is just a pleasantry, like I said.
Ace42X
11-10-2005, 05:41 PM
this thread is now about guessing mr. peachy's name


Gaileleo Numpty
Gilliam Nagelbett
Geraldo Nicholson
mickill
11-10-2005, 05:42 PM
Hmmm...

Gary Numan
Gayle Norton
Gonad Nadsack
Gilby Nalloway
Ace42X
11-10-2005, 05:45 PM
Gilbert Nipple
cookiepuss
11-10-2005, 05:50 PM
ohhh h I want to play too!

gabe negrete?

gene nabberathy?
mickill
11-10-2005, 06:11 PM
G----- N--------R?
cookiepuss
11-10-2005, 06:16 PM
this is like hangman!



I screwed up though, I didn't pay attention to the spaces. :(
ms.peachy
11-11-2005, 05:54 AM
G----- N--------R?
So far, this is closest.
TonsOfFun
11-11-2005, 06:02 AM
Guns n Roses

edit: ok, that is what I saw, I realise that the R is ending the name...

I'll go now.
mickill
11-11-2005, 08:32 AM
Guns n Roses

edit: ok, that is what I saw, I realise that the R is ending the name...

I'll go now.
Um, sorry, what did you "realise"?
ms.peachy
11-11-2005, 08:35 AM
Um, sorry, what did you "realise"?

That N is not the middle initial, and it ends in an R.
mickill
11-11-2005, 08:37 AM
That N is not the middle initial, and it ends in an R.

Ah. Good thing he noticed that.
TonsOfFun
11-11-2005, 08:42 AM
Don't tell me what I do and do not notice and realise :mad:
ms.peachy
11-11-2005, 08:42 AM
Yes, we're all very relieved.
Documad
11-11-2005, 05:45 PM
Aren't you renters? I thought you had to own land in England to be an esquire? Maybe it's sufficient just to be a big wig in business now.

I'm an American esquire and I've never gotten used to how silly that looks behind my name: Documad, Esq. See how silly it looks?
Ace42X
11-11-2005, 06:03 PM
See, this is the advantage of being one of the aristocracy, like me. People just call me "Your Lordship" - none of this humming and harring.

And no, it's not GAY-lordship.
Bob
11-11-2005, 06:09 PM
Aren't you renters? I thought you had to own land in England to be an esquire? Maybe it's sufficient just to be a big wig in business now.

I'm an American esquire and I've never gotten used to how silly that looks behind my name: Documad, Esq. See how silly it looks?

you can't show off when you're an esquire. if you're a doctor, you can introduce yourself at a party in a showoff kind of way, like; "hello, i'm dr. smith" and people will say "oh my, aren't you super-great".

but if you go "hello, i'm mr. smith, esquire" people will just think you're an asshole. it's not fair, i tell you
Documad
11-11-2005, 06:17 PM
you can't show off when you're an esquire. if you're a doctor, you can introduce yourself at a party in a showoff kind of way, like; "hello, i'm dr. smith" and people will say "oh my, aren't you super-great".

but if you go "hello, i'm mr. smith, esquire" people will just think you're an asshole. it's not fair, i tell you
:)

One of my friends from law school tried very hard to slip the esquire thing into conversations a lot for the first year or two after we graduated. She eventually quit practicing for mental health reasons.

I go the other way and never tell people what I do or where I work. Sadly, my mom tells just about everyone, and she refers to me as "my lawyer' in lots of embarrassing situations.
TAL
11-11-2005, 06:30 PM
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
b-grrrlie
11-11-2005, 06:38 PM
Excellent! *doodles guitar*

I thought they used esq. just instead of Mr