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[paul]

Hi there

Adding a contact form to a website and want to have a drop down box for Mr. Mrs. Ms. etc.

Are there any statistics on this?

For example, if I include Mr. Mrs. Ms. Miss. Dr. Prof. do I cover 99.9% of what's out there. I know there's everything from Col. to Lord and Lady, etc. but I'm trying to work out what would be sensible... do I simply need a box for 'other'...?

Paul
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[adigaskell]

You should see the possibilities on our site I think there are around 50 or something silly. Mr, Mrs, Miss would do me.
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[paul]

That sounds a little restrictive. I'm thinking I might just go with:

Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr, Herr, Monsieur, Hr, Frau, A V M, Admiraal, Admiral, Air Cdre, Air Commodore, Air Marshal, Air Vice Marshal, Alderman, Alhaji, Ambassador, Baron, Baroness, Brig, Brig Gen, Brig General, Brigadier, Brigadier General, Brother, Canon, Capt, Captain, Cardinal, Cdr, Chief, Cik, Cmdr, Col, Col Dr, Colonel, Commandant, Commander, Commissioner, Commodore, Comte, Comtessa, Congressman, Conseiller, Consul, Conte, Contessa, Corporal, Councillor, Count, Countess, Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Dame, Datin, Dato, Datuk, Datuk Seri, Deacon, Deaconess, Dean, Dhr, Dipl Ing, Doctor, Dott, Dott sa, Dr, Dr Ing, Dra, Drs, Embajador, Embajadora, En, Encik, Eng, Eur Ing, Exma Sra, Exmo Sr, F O, Father, First Lieutient, First Officer, Flt Lieut, Flying Officer, Fr, Frau, Fraulein, Fru, Gen, Generaal, General, Governor, Graaf, Gravin, Group Captain, Grp Capt, H E Dr, H H, H M, H R H, Hajah, Haji, Hajim, Her Highness, Her Majesty, Herr, High Chief, His Highness, His Holiness, His Majesty, Hon, Hr, Hra, Ing, Ir, Jonkheer, Judge, Justice, Khun Ying, Kolonel, Lady, Lcda, Lic, Lieut, Lieut Cdr, Lieut Col, Lieut Gen, Lord, M, M L, M R, Madame, Mademoiselle, Maj Gen, Major, Master, Mevrouw, Miss, Mlle, Mme, Monsieur, Monsignor, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Mstr, Nti, Pastor, President, Prince, Princess, Princesse, Prinses, Prof, Prof Dr, Prof Sir, Professor, Puan, Puan Sri, Rabbi, Rear Admiral, Rev, Rev Canon, Rev Dr, Rev Mother, Reverend, Rva, Senator, Sergeant, Sheikh, Sheikha, Sig, Sig na, Sig ra, Sir, Sister, Sqn Ldr, Sr, Sr D, Sra, Srta, Sultan, Tan Sri, Tan Sri Dato, Tengku, Teuku, Than Puying, The Hon Dr, The Hon Justice, T, The Hon Miss, The Hon Mr, The Hon Mrs, The Hon Ms, The Hon Sir, The Very Rev, Toh Puan, Tun, Vice Admiral, Viscount, Viscountess, Wg Cdr.


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[adigaskell]

[paul]

I noticed they missed "Prime Minister" off the list.
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[adigaskell]

Don't let any old riff raff in
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[Kay]

I would include the five most common plus "other".

PhilB might be your man for the stats.
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[paul]

I'm inclined to agree although I would say there's a "6 most common".

Mr.
Mrs.
Ms.
Miss.
Dr.
Rev.

Would you agree with that?
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[Kay]

Yeah, those are pretty much exactly what I had in mind.

It does seem awfully silly, though, to have three options to ascertain a woman's marital status. But I think you have to offer it at least until society catches up with the Mr or Ms idea.
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[adigaskell]

What I want to know is what would one of your Thai snow'men' refer to themselves as Kay?
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[Kay]

Khun is the honorific title for both male and female (and anything else) in Thailand.

BTW, I'm shocked that you have mentioned such a thing on here after you nearly banned me from your place for what I'd thought was an innocent comment.
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[adigaskell]

Did they come up with that uniform title because of the, erm, circumstances or has it always been that way?
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[trev]

Just to be picky - there is no title "Prime Minister" as there is technically no such job - at least nothing written into parliamentary law (or Magna Carta). Usually you'd be the First Lord of the Treasury which is a ministerial position although marginally better paid.

This only of course applies to the UK.

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[paul]

OK, Trev... so that might account for the UK, but what about the rest?

From Wikipedia:

[trev]

But in all but Canada, Australia and New Zealand they wouldn't be called "Prime Minister" although I don't know what that would translate into in French for example.

Now if you really wanna do this properly, the whole form should be in 127 different languages....and ideally another several 1000 dialects.

Trev
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