Re: "Dr." and all that

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Chuck Britton wrote:

> At 2:56 PM -0600 12/30/00, Jack Uretsky,  you wrote about Re: "Dr."
> and all that:
> > and     "sir" is always appropriate.
>
>         well, I was just a southern boy from the hills when Uncle Sam
> decided that he neded my services. It didn't take me LONG, once in
> Basic Training, that the term 'sir' is NOT always appropriate. The
> usual response from any sergeant would be
>
>         "DON'T CALL ME 'SIR'. I *WORK* FOR A LIVING"
>
> This of course refers to the use of 'Sir' as being a matter of law
> when addressing any commissioned officer. For some strange reason,
> the Marine D.I's DO get called 'sir' also.

        Which reminds me, that as an officer in navy flight training
I had an enlisted instructor (do they still have them?) I addressed
my instructor as "sir".
                                Regards,
                                        Jack