Engineer
Got a Christmas card from some colleagues in Egypt on my return to the office today. It was addressed to Eng. John Tolva. Eng. for Engineer, an honorific I've never seen in the West but which is always given in Egypt to (I think) graduates of science-related or engineering-related programs. I like this. It seems more logical to award prefixes based on the type of degree than the level attained, doesn't it? Imagine a world where everyone was addressed by the job or role they performed.
"Bricklayer Jones, so nice to see you today!"
"You as well, Seamstress Diaz! Say, here comes Ambulance Chaser Franklin."
There's a certain LEGOland quality to the division of labor and labelling, but I think I could like it.
Posted on January 3, 2006 to the category called Words .
