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I'm over sixty, too. Still, whenever anyone -- of any age -- addresses me as 'Mr', I look over my shoulder, half-expecting to find my dad or granddad standing there. I've never been confortable with 'Mr'. And I detest 'sir'. Somehow, though, in France where I've lived for the past twenty-five years, 'monsiere' (when not followed by a surname, no capital, general and used almost informally) is fine. Neil
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