Re: [Rollei] Re: OT Sailor Fountain Pen

[Marc James Small <msmall >]

At 07:11 PM 5/24/03 -0400, Fox, Robert wrote:
>While we're talking about courtesy, never address a Lieutenant Colonel (or
Lieutenant anything for that matter) as "Lieutenant Colonel." Drop the
Lieutenant and address the officer as "Colonel." The "Lieutenant" part of
the title is a technicality of rank, and it is insulting to an officer to
use the full title.
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Thanks, Robert!  In the Army, a Lieutenant Colonel is a "telephone colonel"
due to the way we answer the phone ...

Marc

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