| 单词 | honorific |
| 例句 | It still felt strange to hear that honorific. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Everybody in the gym called me “Chief,” an honorific he avoided, calling me “Mister Mandela,” and occasionally, when he felt sympathy for his old man, “My bra,” township slang meaning “My brother.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m so annoyed, I forget to use the proper honorific when addressing a teacher. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Park addressed Shin using honorific nouns and verb endings. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The title was largely honorific, but it enabled him to carry a badge and to lead posses, and he sometimes kept one pistol in his side pocket and another strapped to his hip. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Each, I felt, was degrading, and I thought we should insist on the honorific “Mister.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What Eduardo was working on,” John says softly, his voice lower, honorific. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1981, I learned that the students at the University of London had nominated me as a candidate for the honorific post of university chancellor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They began using bronze, rather than marble, to create statues and honorific portraits more realistic than ever before, and an increasing number of affluent collectors were eager to bring these prized creations into their homes. Ancient Greek Bronzes Go on View at the Getty in L.A. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z And soon I was in the hands of José Rigoberto Vargas Silva, who has worked on the site for 15 years, long enough to be known to all by the honorific Don. A Fortress in the Clouds, a Guinea Pig in the Pan 2010-07-14T03:00:00Z Among the legions of young people who spend their days watching content creators on Twitch and YouTube, a new honorific is on the rise: the comfort creator. What Is a ‘Comfort Creator’? 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z We are planning my daughter’s wedding and wish to follow proper etiquette; I retained my own name when we married almost 30 years ago, and Ms. is the only honorific I use. Q&A: The Well-Mannered Wedding 2011-03-18T19:53:29Z She is using honorifics — titles of respect, which are in rare use nowadays. Perspective | Miss Manners: Must we return to shaking hands? 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z In 2011, it earned the honorific “America’s longest war,” displacing Vietnam, perhaps the craziest war we’d engaged in before this one. “War Machine” reveals the mentality behind America’s longest war — and the maddest of them all 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The Mrs. Files looks at history through a contemporary lens to see what the honorific “Mrs.” means to women and their identity. The Mrs. Files 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z An article this week in The New York Times referred to a speaker using the honorific Mx. Me, Myself and Mx. 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The title of special master, he said, “is a nice honorific, it carries just enough prestige. You need to be in a position of authority. It does what it’s supposed to do.” Who are these ‘special masters,’ and what makes them so special? 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z “Roma” is a personal film, but the term “personal” is no honorific, and it’s not an aesthetic term. There’s a Voice Missing in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z It was recommended that I call her by her honorific, Doctor. I was an overnight guest of Maya Angelou | Aaron Hicklin 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z For example, without knowing your preferred honorific, is it appropriate to address you as Mx. Civilities: Is it time to include ‘Mx.’ in the mix with ‘Ms.’ and ‘Mr.’? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z He's also a bit more courtly, taking obvious pleasure in the sound of honorifics such as "ma'am" and "sir," and seeming privately amused when directing them toward drug dealers and killers. "Justified": How FX's struggling TV western redeemed itself 2011-02-23T16:13:00Z Smith uses the self-bestowed honorific of Dr. to emphasize “the depths of knowledge I have accumulated in this life.” A Self-Taught Artist Takes His Roadside Acropolis North 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The honorific function wasn’t bound up in the same way with a physical object carrying historic and aesthetic ideas. Perspective | Statues make definitive statements. That’s why Confederate memorials must come down. 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z “A married woman of middling status was usually called Goodwife or Dame, while lower-status women didn’t get any honorific at all.” The Mrs. Files 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s a little strange to reserve an honorific for someone who never lived to use it. Male Ally or Apologist? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z And don’t think “heroine” is too lofty a honorific for Fran. Margaret Drabble finds wit and humor where you’d least expect it 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z What we’ve found is that who a woman becomes in the world, and how she is regarded, can never be reduced to a one-dimensional story of titles and honorifics. The Mrs. Files 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z In 1986, the honorific was adopted by the New York Times, appearing on the front page. Sheila Michaels, who brought 'Ms' into mainstream, dies at 78 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z As for me, please call me “Steven Petrow,” as I see few circumstances to use honorifics in this day and age. Civilities: Is it time to include ‘Mx.’ in the mix with ‘Ms.’ and ‘Mr.’? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z If you find comedians such as Gutfeld unfunny or, more to the point, offensive, you may ask whether he should be granted the honorific of comedian. How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z I drifted off because I was thinking Czerski gets called doctor, but where is humble Humble's honorific? The Secret Life of the Sun; The White Queen; The Man Behind the Racquet; Venus and Serena – TV review 2013-06-24T06:00:26Z We never learn exactly who this is, beyond the first name and the honorific. ‘ZeroZeroZero,’ by Roberto Saviano 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Pulitzer was long a staple on the list, entered under the name of her second husband, Enrique Rousseau, and using the anachronistic honorific Mrs. Lilly Pulitzer’s Estate Holds an Auction for her Eye-Popping Fashion 2014-02-28T22:31:05Z But it is very difficult to retract the honorific function of a Robert E. Lee statue without moving or destroying it. Perspective | Statues make definitive statements. That’s why Confederate memorials must come down. 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Woodward, despite his longtime association with The Post, is no longer a Post employee, though he maintains an affiliation and the honorific title of associate editor. Perspective | Should Bob Woodward have reported Trump’s virus revelations sooner? Here’s how he defends his decision. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Now we have “special master,” an obscure honorific that has become the focus of unusual attention with U.S. Who are these ‘special masters,’ and what makes them so special? 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Dear Carolyn: I hate honorifics for myself and want to be called by my first name, period. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: From misunderstanding to Ms. Understanding 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z In a museum context, the word is essentially an honorific, suggesting a coherent political entity that is sufficiently rich and lasting to create its own visual propaganda. Review | The Met gives a long-overdue look at an African cultural powerhouse 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z There will be a Siri-like servant, who will have your name but with the honorific “Dr.,” unless you are already a doctor, in which case it will be “the Right Honourable.” Gene Weingarten’s column is on your favorite subject: You. 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Mar sometimes uses honorifics — Mr. and Ms., ladies and gentlemen — to address her team, with the archaic formality of a professor. Angie Mar’s Menu: Red Meat and Respect 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Black women were rarely granted the honorific Miss or Mrs., but were addressed by their first name, or simply as “gal” or “auntie” or worse. Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The point is this: As an honorific, the song of the summer is always up for grabs, always up for discussion, always impossible to resolve. ‘Call Me Maybe.’ ‘Fancy.’ What next? Why the Song of the Summer still matters. 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The winner of the honorific “patriot” is the party who will convince the majority of the country of its interpretation. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z In Japanese, the bare pronoun is usually avoided, and a person’s name or title plus an honorific suffix is used instead. Politeness costs nothing, but it may stop people understanding you 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Kaufman, a transgender writer who foregoes honorifics like Mr. or Ms., just might get that chance. Transgender Playwrights: ‘We Should Get to Tell Our Own Stories First’ 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z There is no honorific to describe what I am to him and there is no word for what he is to me. Going it alone: why I chose single motherhood 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z In the first millennium, the title was an honorific for respected men, without specific duties or power. Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z He was given the largely honorific title of chairman emeritus at Marvel in 1998. Stan Lee dreams up new heroes for the Web 2011-11-17T19:13:22Z “As weird as Wayne” became a saying in the neighborhood, as the poet and critic Amiri Baraka famously remembered, and Shorter turned it into an honorific, dubbing himself “Mr. Weird.” Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The majority of men still earn the main household wage in families but this is no longer enough to secure the status that used to come with the honorific of “breadwinner”. In praise of fathers, mostly 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Those honorifics make him scowl a little: He is far from a stuffy artist who is only good for lifetime-achievement awards nowadays. Exit, Stage Left, Grasping Cane; Enter, Sprinting 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Because Ireland was not a republic when he was born, he held British as well as Irish citizenship and so was entitled to the honorific, Sir. Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z The program, indeed, identified him as an “usher,” an honorific bestowed on many funeral VIPs. Weingarten: Good grief. Gene goes to Ben Bradlee’s funeral The name of Spain’s greatest hero, El Cid, comes from the Arabic honorific, Sayid. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z My question is, how widely accepted is Mx. as an honorific? Civilities: Is it time to include ‘Mx.’ in the mix with ‘Ms.’ and ‘Mr.’? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z In other significant roles, Aaron Krohn exudes military honor as Cominius, the leader of the Roman armies, who bestows the honorific name on the title character for his valor in combat. Review: In ‘Coriolanus,’ a Politician for a Campaign Season 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z This in turn seems to have morphed into a vaguely aristocratic honorific, and before long the delightful young orderly had become the Munshi. When the Empress of India Met Her Muslim Teacher 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z It makes sense, therefore why the honorific ‘Ms.’ was so essential to Gloria Steinem and all the other white second-wave feminists as a redefinition of women’s social identity. YES MEANS KNOW: Respect, ravishment, and the non-con job of being a wanton woman 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z “It represents a major class of Hellenistic honorific statuary not otherwise represented in the museum’s collection.” Cleveland Museum Buys Antiquities, Stirs Ethics Debates 2012-08-13T02:00:13Z The article also neglected to use this person's preferred honorific. Latte Art Begone! Here Come the Bold Freaks of Instagram 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z He was known in Australia as Uncle Jack, an Aboriginal honorific denoting his status as an elder. Jack Charles, Grandfather of Aboriginal Theater, Dies at 79 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The Contemporary’s chief curator Heather Pesanti, who sat on the prize jury and organized the show, says the honorific is “really about providing artists with unfettered space for their ideas.” L.A. artist Rodney McMillian peels back the facade on the ultimate symbol of power: the White House 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z It was understandable that the Times found it necessary to define the honorific “Mx.” for readers unfamiliar with the term. Let’s call everyone “they”: Gender-neutral language should be the norm, not the exception 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Perhaps it is easier to turn down honorifics when they’ve been mistakenly sent to your table on a series of platters and you’re already stuffed. Perspective | The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z The Michalos family was designated as “Righteous Among the Nations” — an honorific for non-Jews who risked their own lives to rescue Jews from the Nazis. A Greek family saved them from Nazis. Now, they found how to thank them. 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The trouble seems to lie in our belief that statues are honorific. Crazy golftime for Hitler: should we salute the Chapman brothers' statue? 2012-08-15T11:00:54Z Epstein focused on incoming first lady Jill Biden, who holds a doctorate in education, urging her not to use the honorific “Dr.” How the dusty old op-ed pages became the red-hot outrage-generating machine of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The American feminist who half a century ago fought a campaign to popularise the honorific “Ms” for women, which is now in mainstream use, has died aged 78. Sheila Michaels, who brought 'Ms' into mainstream, dies at 78 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Gamers finally grasp their moment of glory at the climactic Washington, D.C., showdown, during which agitators currently arguing for the defacement or destruction of certain honorific monuments will no doubt feel a charge of excitement. Review: 'Pixels' Is Fun — for a Bit 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z She calls Patty “sir,” which might be an honorific, or it might be something else. What “Peanuts” Taught Me About Queer Identity 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Impagliazzo, who received a honorific award from Italian President Sergio Mattarella recognising him as a “hero of our times,” never dreamed his initiative would become so successful, or generate such good will. Ninety-year-old 'chef of the poor' cooks it up for Rome's homeless 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z I was especially interested in ones of his father, the 7th earl, known as “Porchey,” short for his honorific title, Lord Porchester. In England, a trio of stately homes illuminates a bygone age 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z His title, first bestowed in 1935, is an honorific conferred by the state. Journeys: In Kentucky, Fried Chicken History 2012-08-24T18:21:19Z He was awarded the honorific "Mahatma," or Great Soul, by none other than Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. 'Great Soul': Joseph Lelyveld tells Mahatma Gandhi's larger-than-life story 2011-04-06T22:21:04Z Despite that its use is almost unheard of in the United States, Mx. is widely used in Britain, where documents and online pull-down menus requiring an honorific often include this new option. Civilities: Is it time to include ‘Mx.’ in the mix with ‘Ms.’ and ‘Mr.’? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z They began using bronze, rather than marble, to create statues and honorific portraits more realistic than ever before, and an increasing number of affluent collectors were eager to bring these prized creations into their homes. Ancient Greek Bronzes Go on View at the Getty in L.A. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z And one of these flags being planted in 2015—the honorific Mx.—is a reflection of the culture’s current interest in rethinking gender. This Gender-Neutral Word Could Replace 'Mr.' and 'Ms.' 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z He ignored my questions though because I failed to call him “The Leader,’’ which was the only honorific he decided that night he would respond to. ArtsBeat: The Leader, El Comandante: A Former Foreign Correspondant Weighs in on Real and Big Screen Dictators 2012-05-17T14:56:25Z Instead, the new style of history occasionally exudes a kind of honorific populism. Museum Review: Tracing Southern History From the Bottom Up 2011-08-05T18:12:02Z So come, and let us praise the Nobel committee for its honorific omission, this majestic absence that joins Philip Roth to Mark Twain, James Joyce and Tolstoy: He has something in common with each. Appreciation: Philip Roth 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Fans have dubbed him Bear Force One, an honorific that did not save him from a trouncing by Grazer. A government shutdown almost wrecked Fat Bear Week. Now we have our round winner 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z He has used the honorific “Dr.” in various publications and biographies, including those issued by the Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptist Convention Leader Resigns Over False Résumé 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z In most cases, the name change fit with medicine’s growing preference for descriptive terms over honorific ones. Should Medicine Still Bother With Eponyms? 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Last week, Ms. Tucker announced that news organization would no longer use honorifics, the courtesy titles like Mr. and Ms. 2 Top Editors to Depart Wall Street Journal 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In turn, the English word “emperor” derives from imperator, the title of a victorious Roman general in the field, which was adopted as yet another honorific by the Roman emperors. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “We want the sheikh among us,” she said, referring to a religious honorific given to her husband. Palestinians Demand Israel Hand Over Body of Prominent Prisoner 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Fox attorneys have said Murdoch’s title at Fox News was “honorific,” and that he has had no role in day-to-day management of Fox News. Judge: No separate defamation trials for Fox News, Fox Corp. 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z An attorney for Fox said that Murdoch's title at Fox News was an "honorific," according to the Post. “The judge is pissed”: Judge says Fox News has a “credibility problem” after Murdoch revelation 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z An attorney for Fox said Murdoch’s Fox News officership was an “honorific” and pointed out that Murdoch gave his corporate title, chair of Fox Corp., during his deposition. Judge chides Fox News over Dominion claim of ‘missing’ Murdoch documents 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Alexander was one of the historical figures who truly deserves the honorific “the Great.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Another removed sentence was that "his steadfast pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity provoked Hindu extremists so much that they made several attempts to assassinate Gandhiji," the text read, using an honorific for Gandhi. Indian opposition decries new schoolbook's omission of Hindu rage at Mahatma Gandhi 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the November 2022 shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs that left five dead, identifies as non-binary and uses the “Mx.” honorific, according to court filings. Transgender activists’ victimhood theme takes hit with ill-timed ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The 75-year-old rocker received the nominal honorific alongside fellow musician YolanDa Brown, who performed for the new king at Monday’s Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey. We will, we will knight you: Queen rocker Brian May formally knighted by King Charles 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The few faces of women that were originally depicted are clearly more for ornamental than honorific purposes; they include babies, goddesses and the architect’s granddaughter. ‘Million-Dollar Staircase’ Adds a New Face: Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z That honorific, he said, “belongs to those who actually grew up here.” Carter’s hometown prepares to say goodbye to ‘Mr. Jimmy’ 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z It was around this time that the honorific “mahatma” or “great soul” was first applied to him. Gandhi’s Life in Photos, 75 Years After His Assassination 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z For McCarthy, that will be true even if he bears the honorific of speaker. Column: Kevin McCarthy would do anything to be House speaker. That's the problem 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Critics have said because there are other remaining descendants of the royal family who don’t claim any titles, Kawānanakoa was held up as the last Hawaiian princess simply because of her wealth and honorific title. Kawanakakoa, considered last Hawaiian princess, dies at 96 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z That title recalls the honorific Soviet leaders bestowed on a dozen cities that withstood Nazi attacks during World War II, including four in Ukraine. Hero city: Crippled by Russian attacks, Ukraine’s science hotbed refuses to give up 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Though Ms. Pelosi she said she would not attempt to play any role advising the new team, Democrats this week voted to name her “speaker emerita,” an honorific to reflect her legacy. How Steny Hoyer, Pelosi’s No. 2, Decided It Was Time to Step Aside 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “This honorific reflects Speaker Pelosi’s lifetime of service as a legendary legislator, notorious negotiator, and a fabulous facilitator,” Mr. Jeffries said. Pelosi named ‘Speaker Emerita’ as House Democrats bid adieu to their longtime leader 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Pelosi, of California, has led the House Democrats for the past 20 years, and colleagues late Tuesday granted her the honorific title of “speaker emerita.” Next generation: Hakeem Jeffries set to lead House Democrats 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Across South Asia, the word Miya is used as an honorific for Muslim men. 'Miya' Museum: The controversy around Assam's 'Muslim' museum 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z In back-to-back public speeches Tuesday morning, presenters at the Egyptian pavilion used the honorifics that befit his long career. U.N. summit marks the latest hurdle in John F. Kerry’s long climate crusade 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z He also told People magazine that discussing the honorific felt like “a weird form of humble bragging.” 'About time': Chris Evans' fans approve his Sexiest Man Alive 2022 vote 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The crowd gave a final shout of “Duce, Duce, Duce,” Mussolini’s honorific as Italy’s dictator. Thousands commemorate Italy’s fascist dictator at crypt 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z She collected numerous honorifics, including a lifetime achievement award from the Hispanic Bar Assn. of Orange County and a spirit award for achievement in law and public service from the California Latino Legislative Caucus. Frances Muñoz, first Latina trial judge in California, dies at 92 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “The phrase is used to exonerate people of other social responsibility. It’s a way of excusing their inappropriate behavior,” he said, adding that fans of R. Kelly use the same honorific. Kanye West may have finally reached the point of no return 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Dr. Yul Yang, a dermatologist at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., addresses all of his patients with an honorific — Mr. or Mrs. or Ms. — even if they ask him to use their first names. ‘Kind of Awkward’: Doctors Find Themselves on a First-Name Basis 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The grandmother of Aom Am, Ms. Thongkul, wept as she remembered her granddaughter’s life: how well-mannered she was, addressing her cousins by Thai honorifics and always tidying up her toys. After Day Care Massacre, Thailand Is Roiled With Grief 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Last year, the University of Pennsylvania issued a formal apology and took Kligman’s name off some honorifics like an annual lecture series and professorship. Philadelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z He is often pictured in an Oath Keepers baseball cap with the organization’s yellow logo and the designation: Lifetime Member, as if that is some grand honorific. Perspective | Stewart Rhodes romanticized deadly force and called it patriotism 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z However, her short but memorable stint on the Emmy-winning competition series earned her the honorific of “Miss Congeniality” among her fellow contestants as well as a hefty $10,000 prize. 'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Kornbread Jeté says she's '100% fine' after cancer diagnosis 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z “Daw” is an honorific used for older women. UN envoy says won’t visit Myanmar if she can’t see Suu Kyi 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z “I am not sure who targeted Mawlawi or why,” he said, using the cleric’s honorific. Blast kills 21 in Kabul mosque, including influential cleric 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z In a first, the IOC withdrew the honorific “Olympic Orders” once awarded to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian athletes: We protect our country on the track 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In official records, the man is curiously registered as Kanhaiya Ji - an Indian honorific. Bihar: Their son vanished - then an imposter took over for 41 years 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Pence won’t qualify for the honorific until he raises his right hand and tells the whole truth to the committee, and the American public, about Trump’s coup plotting. Column: The Jan. 6 hearings are sorting real heroes from the fakes 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Rorex was president of the Boulder chapter of the National Organization for Women, and her distinctive license plate “MS1” — at a time when the honorific “Ms.” was still generating controversy — attracted notice. Clela Rorex, Clerk Who Broke a Gay-Marriage Barrier, Dies at 78 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The honorific is awarded to non-Jews who helped Jews escape persecution in the Holocaust. Film tells of Bosnian Muslims and Jews saving one another in wars 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The position of cardinal for him is mostly honorific. Belgian bishop turns down cardinal role over sexual abuse criticism 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The founding president of the new republic, Mustafa Kemal, was later given the honorific surname Atatürk, which describes him as a “father of the Turks.” Turkey today, Türkiye tomorrow: U.N. okays country’s request for change 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “Those institutes have now been stripped away by the Putin government, given to the Ministry of Education, and leaving the academy as an honorific society without genuine heft in science.” Russian Academics Aim to Punish Colleagues Who Backed Ukraine Invasion 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Some of our Verge colleagues fluent in Korean pointed out that Google’s own pre-roll countdown for I/O displayed an honorific version of “Welcome” in Korean that nobody actually uses. Google’s AR translation glasses are feel-good vaporware 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Because the honorific “beautiful” is traditionally bestowed upon us by someone else, life is filled with moments where you hope someone will pity you with a compliment. You haven’t truly made it in L.A. if you’ve never worn glasses from l.a.Eyeworks 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z But the simplest and most affirming way to do that is to just ask for pronouns or honorifics instead. Opinion | There’s a better solution than offering X-gender passports 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Yes, the Cosmos Club is private but, as the article emphasized, election is honorific, based on professional standing. Opinion | Slinging barbs — at a private club and a public hearing 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Chef Brian Chandler earned the honorific “Cookie” while feeding hungry crews on ships working oil rigs and military support out of Louisiana, and that involved getting fried-chicken Sundays exactly right. 3 new places for fried chicken — yesssss! — in Seattle and Kirkland 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Morimoto — nicknamed “Rental-san,” incorporating an honorific — has inspired a television series and three books and has drawn international attention through his viral social media posts. Rent-a-stranger: This Japanese man makes a living showing up and doing nothing 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z It lists her many honorifics: “People’s Artist of Ukraine, Honored Artist of Ukraine, member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine.” Getty condemns cultural 'atrocities' as Ukrainian heritage museum burns 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Some critics said the translation of “Squid Game” failed to fully capture the meaning of honorific titles. Why dubbing has become more crucial to Netflix's business 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “I don’t know how many world leaders Putin may listen to, but the stature of Modi ji makes me hopeful,” Polikha said, using an honorific for the Indian leader. India avoids condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine and stays aloof on Western coalition 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The mainstream media always dismiss the misattributed honorific, but here’s a thought: What if Ms. Harris really IS president? Who’s president anyway? Harris goes to Europe while Biden goes to Ohio 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Andrew was stripped of his honorary military titles and royal patronages last month by the queen and also instructed not to use the honorific “His Royal Highness.” What’s next for Prince Andrew? Exile from public life and a tainted image, royal-watchers say. 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z He was stripped of his honorary military titles and instructed no longer to use the honorific “His Royal Highness.” Prince Andrew’s Deal With Accuser Leaves Many Questions Lingering 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Giuffre’s lawsuit, filed in August, has resulted in Andrew losing his military titles, royal honorifics and other marks of status. With Prince Andrew’s deposition still unscheduled, judge asks British, Australian courts to secure other witnesses in sexual abuse suit 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s that stripping Andrew of honorifics at this point is cosmetic — an attempt to put distance between the palace and the prince after years of ignoring his ties to a sex offender. Opinion | Stripping Prince Andrew of his title doesn’t solve the Windsors’ real problem 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Officially gone, alongside his use of the honorific “His Royal Highness.” What’s next for Prince Andrew, cast out into the royal wilderness? 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Andrew will stop using the honorific title “His Royal Highness,” though he remains a duke and a prince. Prince Andrew loses military affiliations and remaining royal patronages, as sexual assault case moves forward 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z On Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that it would force Andrew to relinquish all his military titles and the honorific, “His Royal Highness.” U.K. Monarchy and Government Plunge Into Simultaneous Crises 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z He calls me “brother” every time we chat, as if I’ve earned a spiritual honorific just by entering his establishment. Review | Charga Grill in Arlington is a delicious world unto itself 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Prince Harry was stripped of his honorary military titles — as well as the right to use the honorific His Royal Highness — after he and Meghan stepped back from official duties and moved to Southern California. Prince Andrew’s Uncertain Legal Fate Casts Shadow on Britain’s Royals 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z This time, however, online efforts are aimed at something far more significant than bestowing an honorific on the president. Should kids be vaccinated? Brazil turns to online survey 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Their authority should come not from an honorific before their name but from their integrity and caring in dealing with students, Mrs. Stern insisted. Gladys Stern, who led Georgetown Day School, dies at 104 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The honorific “Ms.” for instance, encountered decades of resistance before it became a widely preferred alternative to identifying women by their marital status. BIPOC or POC? Equity or Equality? The Debate Over Language on the Left. 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “For me, Kei-san is a priceless person. For us, our marriage was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts,” Mako told a televised news conference, using an honorific in speaking of her husband. Japan’s Princess Mako marries commoner, loses royal status 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z She was given the honorific Dame for her services to the community and says she hopes to inspire Maori girls. New Zealand governor-general favors outreach to marginalized 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z In al-Qaeda's case, it effectively subordinates it to the Taliban, by bestowing the honorific title of "commander of the faithful" upon the Taliban leader and his successors. Afghanistan: The pledge binding al-Qaeda to the Taliban 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z In practice, this fake honorific was used to disguise the reality that the working poor were being asked to die for capitalism while being underpaid and otherwise exploited. Why Americans hate and fear the poor: Joanne Samuel Goldblum on the price of inequality 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z When Melina Abdullah mentions a forebear in the struggle for civil rights and freedom in this country, she often applies a familial honorific — “Mama Harriet Tubman” or “Mama Sojourner Truth.” Melina Abdullah is showing L.A. how to be accountable to a future we can’t yet see 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Gerrard, 53, a professor at the University of Auckland whose research is in protein biochemistry, was this year awarded the honorific “Dame.” AP Interview: Advisor says New Zealand used virus luck well 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z He called a transgender woman “sir,” and when the student requested he refer to her with female pronouns and honorifics, an impasse developed. Opinion | It’s sad that just treating all children with respect has become a political issue 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z She regards the honorifics that birds carry with disdain. Bird lovers are grappling with honorary names linked to racists. Audubon tops the list. “The national register, in some ways, is more honorific.” San Francisco Makes Home of Lesbian Couple a Landmark 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z “Race itself in America trumps our professional titles, our honorifics.” Black soldier mistreatment common even before Virginia case 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z “I think a court would say that that alone would create a hostile environment. I don’t understand why applying the wrong honorific only to transgender students doesn’t create a hostile environment also.” A professor was reprimanded for refusing to use a transgender student’s pronouns. A court says he can sue. 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z “People who sacrificed their lives for us inspire me and my friends. Ma Kyal Sin was the last push for me to join,” she added, using an honorific for the deceased woman. U.N. says at least 38 dead in Myanmar anti-coup protests as security forces shoot to kill 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z But that style for an oil kingpin known by the honorific “the Sheikh” would be tested by the times, which included upheaval in the global energy market. Long-serving Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani dies at 90 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z “I’m here to encourage the people. We fight for our justice and rights. We want to free Daw Aung Sang Suu Kyi,” said a bank manager using the common Burmese honorific for elderly women. Myanmar restricts internet access as thousands protest for the first time since coup 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Such a distinction is an empty honorific; our sponsorship or rejection of the superlative is intended more to validate our own tastes than to quantify greatness. Perspective | Tom Brady is incomparable. So why do so many insist on comparing him to others? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Indeed, the debate over who should use the “Dr.” honorific goes back decades. Dr. who? Jill Biden’s doctorate spurs political uproar over sexism, credentialism 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Shawal is one of several Singaporeans who bear the honorific name Tengku, meaning prince or princess in Malay, and claim links to the Sultan. Cabbies and office workers: Meet Singapore's ordinary royals 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The standard term used in Japanese “minna-sama” – an honorific form of “everybody” – is already gender neutral. Japan Airlines scraps 'ladies and gentlemen' in favour of gender-neutral greetings 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The Trump campaign listed him Tuesday under his official title and honorific. Trump uses powers of government in service of reelection, with pardoning and naturalization ceremonies 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Bass has also faced criticism for referring to Fidel Castro upon his death in 2016 with the honorific “comandante en jefe,” a comment she said she didn’t realize was potentially offensive and wouldn’t repeat. L.A. Rep. Karen Bass surged up Biden’s VP list. Is she ready for the national stage? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z More flexible is the New York Times’ style, which also uses “Dr.” for medical doctors, but allows those holding doctorates to choose whether they want the honorific, hence the newspaper’s references to “Dr. Jill Biden.” Dr. who? Jill Biden’s doctorate spurs political uproar over sexism, credentialism 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z In neighbouring Malaysia, a constitutional monarchy where Sultans still play an active role in public life, honorific names are far more common. Cabbies and office workers: Meet Singapore's ordinary royals 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z “The ‘Aunt’ and ‘Uncle’ clearly reference the way honorifics like ‘Mrs.’ and ‘Mr.’ were withheld from older enslaved people,” Lord said Monday. A 17-year-old called out Trader Joe's. Now the chain is dropping offensive labeling 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Far from being an honorific position, the lieutenant governor controls the flow of Senate business and fills in for the governor when needed. The Times recommends: U.S. Rep. Denny Heck for Lieutenant Governor 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In a 2015 immigration handbook, the then-Alabama senator called “immigration reform” a “legislative honorific almost exclusively reserved for proposals which benefit everyone but actual American citizens.” How Jeff Sessions went from top Trump ally to White House outcast 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The Washington Times also uses the “Dr.” honorific only for medical doctors, and then only in relation to their primary profession. Dr. who? Jill Biden’s doctorate spurs political uproar over sexism, credentialism 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Nutsch said he thought the honorific “horse soldiers” was coined by the military. Analysis | Campaign for Senate hopeful from N.H. uses photo trickery to hoodwink reporters 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Snyder, who has owned the franchise since May 1999, insists it is an honorific, one he has said he will never change. Unless Daniel Snyder changes Redskins’ name, RFK site is off the table, officials say 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The pilgrimage conveys such religious status that many Muslims add the honorific “al-Hajj” or “Hajji” to their names on their business cards. The Hajj Pilgrimage Is Canceled, and Grief Rocks the Muslim World 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z “We are put into these positions that are honorific, because they want our presence,” Mr. Walker said. ‘Corporate America Has Failed Black America’ 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z “Being part of a historic neighborhood, it’s an honorific kind of thing, but it doesn’t have any teeth to it,” said Thompson. In Fairfax, a Greatest Generation neighborhood battles against the teardown tide 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Spear asked the professor to refer to them by their last name, without any honorific. Gender Pronouns Can Be Tricky on Campus. Harvard Is Making Them Stick. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Starmer prefers not to use the honorific, and in a stroke of fortune for an aspiring leader, he was named after the first leader of the Labour Party, Keir Hardie. A ‘Sir’ With Blue-Collar Roots: Britain’s Labour Race Has an Unlikely Leader 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The excuses to stick with an honorific vary. ‘Call Me Elizabeth’: Inside the Hours Elizabeth Warren Spends on the Phone 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Apart from cash awards, Thousand Talent Program winners arrive in China with the honorific title of “national distinguished experts.” Feds: Chemical engineer at center of industrial espionage 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z “I know what it’s like to get your a-- whooped by the Truth!” the Puerto Rican veteran says, using her favorite honorific for Shields. Claressa Shields keeps winning boxing titles. But she is still fighting for visibility. 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z One professor maintained a tradition of addressing students by last names and an honorific like “Mr.” or “Miss.” Gender Pronouns Can Be Tricky on Campus. Harvard Is Making Them Stick. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In multiple videos, it refers to the chief of EBS Kim Myung-joong without the expected honorific "Sajangnim" - a term of respect used to refer to someone older or in a higher position. The rude giant penguin loved by South Korean 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Today, The Post doesn’t use honorifics, except in its obituaries. Perspective | Starting in the ’70s, married women’s first names were included in Post references 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z This meant that everyone would soon become, effectively, entitled — at least to the honorific second-person plural. Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Roger Stone is now a convicted felon, which is one honorific he had avoided during his decades of tumultuous public life. Roger Stone’s Crimes 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z More than once in our conversation he used “fellow worker” as an honorific, as someone might use “doctor” or “professor.” The Radical Manifesto Embraced by Google Workers and Uber Drivers 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court,” Harris said, also making a joke: he added a gendered honorific where a simple “your honor” was expected. The Supreme Court Considers L.G.B.T. Rights, but Can’t Stop Talking About Bathrooms 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Pechanac’s Muslim grandmother had taken in and protected Jews during the Second World War, and the State of Israel had given her an honorific, the Righteous Among the Nations. The Black Cube Chronicles: The Undercover Operative 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Yet unlike the early Quakers, these modern egalitarians want to embrace, rather than resist, pronouns’ honorific aspect, and thus to see trans-, nonbinary and genderqueer people as equally entitled to the “title” of their choosing. Opinion | What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z A one-sentence statement published by state TV on Twitter identified al-Fagham as “the bodyguard of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,” the honorific given to Saudi kings. Saudi state media say king’s bodyguard shot in ‘dispute’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z A one-sentence statement published by state TV on Twitter identified al-Fagham as “the bodyguard of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,” the honorific given to Saudi kings. Saudi state media say king’s bodyguard shot in ‘dispute’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z State television and the party’s newspapers now refer to him as “the People’s Leader,” an honorific once bestowed only on Mao. Is Xi Mishandling Hong Kong Crisis? Hints of Unease in China’s Leadership 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Chinese President Xi Jinping met with top party officials at a beach resort and emerged with a new honorific, the “People’s Leader.” Trump’s Twitter diplomacy with China is no substitute for clear policy - The Washington Post 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z As Ms. Park’s meeting with her senior operations manager progressed, he dropped the honorifics in the Korean language appropriate for a chief executive and instead addressed Ms. Park as if she were a younger subordinate. Blocked in Business, South Korean Women Start Their Own 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “Can we please use ‘comrade’ as an honorific instead of ‘sir’ or ‘madam’?” he asked tersely. ‘We’re here to win’: US democratic socialists move to center stage 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Esquire is a pretty outmoded honorific that technically designates a man below the rank of a knight. What Jacob Rees-Mogg's language rules reveal about him | David Shariatmadari 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z “While this home is listed on Fairfax County’s Inventory of Historic Sites, this designation is honorific only, and it doesn’t prevent the property owner from making changes, including tearing it down.” Historic mansion on land George Washington once owned is set to be demolished 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The rest of the news industry may have dropped the use of honorifics, but The Washington Times would maintain the custom because that’s what honorable newspapers had once done, Mr. Pruden wrote. Remembering Wes Pruden: The mystique and the hat 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The most bizarre exhibition in town this summer bears on the prevalence, lately, of “curating” as an honorific for the organizing of practically anything by just about anyone. Harald Szeemann’s Revolutionary Curating 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The latter, in the World Cup context, is an honorific, not a fault. Perspective | After a World Cup victory like no other, one chant stands out for the U.S. women: ‘Equal pay!’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The winner also carries the honorific label of "The Champion Golfer of the Year." British Open 2019: Frequently Asked Questions - Golf Digest 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z But there is a purpose to such honorifics. EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s ‘unconvential’ diplomacy opens doors, Pompeo says 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z The practice of honorifics has become far more complicated in the 21st century, with sexual identity challenging long-accepted terms of reference, but The Times would not be swayed. Remembering Wes Pruden: The mystique and the hat 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Keanu Reeves, the internet’s latest boyfriend and “the most wholesome person alive,” is being championed for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year honorific, according to a fan petition. Keanu Reeves, Time’s Person of the Year? Fans are lobbying for it 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z While Jong Chol addressed him with an honorific Korean suffix that loosely translates to “Mr.,” ‘Great Successor’ book excerpt: Kim Jong Un’s gilded boyhood of chefs, travel and lessons on ruthless rule 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z And a farce and a spectacle it will be, fulfilling the social aspirations of Trump and all his grim entourage: to be feted with the high ritual and honorifics reserved for the world’s political elite. The reason Britain rolls out the red carpet for Trump? It’s what Britain does | Nesrine Malik 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z “Please understand from where we sit,” she wrote, “his dehumanizing of our community disqualifies @MikePence for the honorific of ‘decent,’ regardless of the context.” Democrats are divided: Work with Republicans — or wage war against them? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Among the exceptions were the military, who were given the honor of their rank, and convicted felons still serving their debt, who were stripped of the honorific. Remembering Wes Pruden: The mystique and the hat 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z But of the many titles and honorifics that marked the extraordinary life of Alice M. Rivlin, none were more consequential than the work she did for the citizens of the District. Opinion | With Alice Rivlin’s death, D.C. has lost a fierce advocate 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z He defended his continuing use of the honorific “Dr.,” likening himself to a television personality. The Birth-Tissue Profiteers 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z In South Korea, those born in the same year often treat each other as equals, while people must use honorific titles to address those born earlier, rather than directly using their names. S. Korean babies born Dec. 31 become 2-year-olds next day 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Known by the honorific “Don Pancho,” Ramirez is a former elected leader of La Mesa and is hailed as a hero for helping to bring electricity to the area in the late 1980s. To save the monarch butterfly, Mexican scientists are moving a forest 1,000 feet up a mountain 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Despite not being convicted, Simpson would lose his honorific, the editor had decided. Remembering Wes Pruden: The mystique and the hat 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z For four years in the mid-1990s, he served in a largely honorific and advisory position as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City. Opinion | Trump’s recommendation of Herman Cain is utterly reckless 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z From a religious, school or immigrant community that uses elder honorifics? Respecting elders: Maya Angelou clip sparks courtesy debate 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z "Master" was an honorific given to senior members of the community and attests to the high social standing of the owners of the estate,” said Torge. 1,600-year-old estate that belonged to a wealthy ancient Samaritan discovered in Israel 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z These State chairs were used for a honorific purpose, for chiefs and other distinguished persons. From the archive 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z "I would like to thank Otsuru-sensei and his team for their tireless and diligent work and courage during the interrogation phase of my incarceration," Ghosn said, using a Japanese honorific title associated with lawyers. Carlos Ghosn replaces legal team in Tokyo, just 3 months into case 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Brownell, for his part, said, “The position demands full-time attention today, where in the past it was honorific in nature.” N.R.A. Seeks Distance From Russia as Investigations Heat Up 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Against the backdrop of African American history, such honorifics are heavy indeed. Respecting elders: Maya Angelou clip sparks courtesy debate 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Thomas led the league in receptions this year, but even that honorific sells the accomplishment short. True Grip: How Michael Thomas became the best receiver in the NFL 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The letters contain flowery praise, employing honorifics such as “Your Excellency,” which Kim used in a July 6 note that Trump released publicly. Trump, once fiery on Twitter, warms to old-fashioned mash notes from Kim Jong Un 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Even there, she recalled in an interview years later, she felt compelled to use the honorific “Dr.” Nancy Grace Roman, astronomer celebrated as ‘mother’ of Hubble, dies at 93 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z “Chairman” is an honorific, not executive role, which means it’s not needed to run Tesla. Elon Musk doesn’t respect the SEC, which is still investigating Tesla 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Some of those who were nominated basked in the recognition, acknowledging the peer-reviewed honorific on social media and through prepared statements. Patricia Arquette, Darren Criss, Anthony Hopkins and others react to their SAG Award nominations 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z More importantly, these are not honorifics or simple job descriptions; “Dr.” is a title that is earned only upon demonstration of a deep independent understanding of a specific narrow topic. Please Call Me Doctor 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z On the other hand, 428 doesn’t follow games like the Persona series in fully localizing unique features of the Japanese language like the -san and -chan honorifics that are frequently attached to people’s names. 428: Shibuya Scramble is the best crime book you’ll ever read on your PS4 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Soon afterward, he took the quasi-religious honorific “Augustus.” Is the Aeneid a Celebration of Empire—or a Critique? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z You’d have to change the bylaws to eliminate the position — not impossible! — but not quite an honorific, either. Elon Musk doesn’t respect the SEC, which is still investigating Tesla 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z On the other hand, there is the dignity of political performance, with its reliance on honorifics, procedure, particular modes of dress, and a recognizable use of language. Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh, and the Death of Dignity in Politics 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z While largely honorific, that post falls behind the vice president and House speaker in the line to the nation’s highest office. Analysis | Senate’s seniority rules raise questions when presidential succession is at stake 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The label “best player without a major championship” often gets passed around in men’s golf, a dubious honorific to say the least. Angela Stanford didn't just win her first major, she went where no golfer (male or female) has gone before - Golf Digest 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z At Washington and Lee, named for two generals who helped the school endure and thrive, “they aren't just honorifics,” the school's president said. Washington and Lee won’t change its name. But a year after Charlottesville, the school is not unchanged. 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “Mr. Lee,” the peculiarly Old South honorific by which many of us knew him, was a stalwart of the local tea party and a Republican since 1953. A Black Republican in the Heart of Dixie 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z “Swamiji has changed the direction of the world, the thinking of the world,” one speaker shouted, referring to Ramdev with an affectionate honorific. The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z As “ally” has become a widely used honorific, these kinds of significant fractures have become more common. Can Your ‘Ally’ Want Things You Don’t? 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z When do you capitalize titles and honorifics like ‘president’ or ‘prime minister’?” Trump Uses Random Uppercase Letters, but Should You? An Issue of Capital Importance 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Members of the academies—which serve as both honorific societies and advisers to the U.S. government—are elected by existing members to life-long terms, and the bodies currently lack mechanisms for removing them for harassment. Will U.S. academies expel sexual harassers? 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z All that was left were honorifics and golf. Steve Yzerman runs the Lightning the way he captained the Red Wings: Relentlessly 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Invitations for state visits, extended by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the government, are rare, honorific and convey a strong relationship between Britain and the country of the visiting foreign leader. President Trump Is Coming to Britain. Here’s What He Can Expect. 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z "Leader of the Free World" was a Cold War honorific that became irrelevant when the Soviet empire collapsed and the international order began its awkward but inexorable evolution toward multilateralism. Macron Critiques Trump’s Policies in Speech to Congress 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z His colleagues call him the “conscience of the Congress,” an honorific he eschews. Opinion | ‘I just felt like something had died in all of us’: John Lewis on the death of Martin Luther King 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Amid all the chaos in the White House — including West Wing personnel drama, the Stormy Daniels scandal and Mueller’s Russia investigation — some wayward spellings and inaccurate honorifics might seem minor. ‘Elected to lead, not to proofread’: Typos, spelling mistakes are commonplace in Trump’s White House 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z He is now officially China’s “national helmsman,” an accolade echoing one of the honorifics used for Mao, the “great helmsman.” China’s New ‘Helmsman’ Offers a Strident Nationalist Message 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z In the context of sports, the debate isn’t whether “lady” is an insult or an honorific. ‘Women’ or ‘ladies’? At the Winter Olympics, that depends on the sport. 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z A person is properly addressed by the highest honorific attained in life, since the greater includes the lesser. Diamonds Aren’t Tommy’s Best Friend. I Am 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z The Franklin Township resident wrote a letter last year to Waynesburg council requesting an honorific for the church, which was demolished in 1984, just a year before its 100th anniversary. Black church, community not forgotten in Greene County 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The honorific “Rev.” came before their written names. Opinion | Larry Nassar Is a Familiar Monster 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z “I am very sad to see that not only the government but also some people are seeing Ko Wa Lone as a traitor,” he said, using a Burmese honorific that means “brother”. Friends of arrested Reuters reporter in Myanmar pour out hearts on soc 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Dockens also served as president of the church’s missionary society, and was given the honorific “Mother Missionary” in Botswana in 1997. A woman who married God, a chess-playing priest and 10 more fascinating religious figures who died in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The names of several indigenous leaders include the Spanish honorific “don,” and the names of some, such as “don Alonso” and “don Matheo,” indicate that they’d been baptized with Spanish names. Rare Aztec Map Reveals a Glimpse of Life in 1500s Mexico 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z He is planning to recognize Ms. Bellandi as “Tuscany’s Solidarity Ambassador,” an honorific title signaling the region’s institutional backing. ‘Taxi Therapy’ for Young Cancer Patients in Italy 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z So she labors under the contrived honorific of state counselor. Opinion | Myanmar Is Not a Simple Morality Tale 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z “I am very sad to see that not only the government but also some people are seeing Ko Wa Lone as a traitor,” he said, using a Burmese honorific that means “brother”. Friends of arrested Reuters reporter in Myanmar pour out hearts on soc 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The Virginia senate does not use similar honorifics. After Roem’s election, Va. GOP leader wants to do away with ‘Gentlewoman’ title 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The Economist heralded Mr. Xi with an honorific usually reserved for America’s president: the world’s most powerful man. Opinion | Trump Is Ceding Global Leadership to China 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Many called Xi a wise and great “lingxiu”, or leader, an honorific only used for Mao Zedong and his short-lived successor Hua Guofeng. China's neo-Maoists welcome Xi's new era, but say he is not the new Mao 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z By the time he was 26, he owned three Cy Young awards, a National League MVP and the honorific of “Best Pitcher In Baseball.” Dodgers crush Cubs in Game 5 to advance to the World Series for first time since 1988 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z During the beatification Mass, an apostolic letter will declare Rother to have earned the honorific “blessed,” and church leaders will acknowledge a feast day dedicated to him on the liturgical calendar in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma priest who could become the first American-born man to be canonized a saint 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Though title of visiting fellow was never intended as an endorsement or an “honorific,” he said, the hullabaloo over Manning has made it clear that’s exactly how some view it. Opinion | The Chelsea Manning fiasco says a lot about Harvard 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “I see more clearly now that many people view a visiting fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations,” Mr. Elmendorf wrote. Harvard’s Bipartisan Gesture on Chelsea Manning Leaves No Side Happy 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Many called Xi a wise and great “lingxiu”, or leader, an honorific only used for Mao Zedong and his short-lived successor Hua Guofeng. China's neo-Maoists welcome Xi's new era, but say he is not the new Mao 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z “I see more clearly now that many people view a Visiting Fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations.” Harvard Withdrew Chelsea Manning’s ‘Visiting Fellow’ Invitation. Here’s What to Know 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “I see more clearly now that many people view a visiting fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations.” Harvard University withdraws fellowship invitation to Chelsea Manning 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “Football players,” he called them, as if an honorific. Fired by Redskins, Scot McCloughan says: ‘I did a good job.’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The honorific “a–hole” was thrown around a lot, according to Clooney. George Clooney sent President Obama ‘racy’ texts 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z And when each passenger gets off the bus — back at a homeless shelter after a day on D.C.’s gentrifying streets — Orlando Gore wishes them well with an honorific they rarely hear elsewhere: On a bus for the homeless, humor and a human touch 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Furthermore, an exhibit explains that Washington, upon being elected the first president, eschewed the proposed title of “His Excellency” in favor of “Mr. President,” the honorific still in use. Museum of the American Revolution offers balanced look at both sides of conflict 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z “I see more clearly now that many people view a visiting fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations.” Harvard University withdraws fellowship invitation to Chelsea Manning 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z With silver medal in hand, the parent bestowed on Johnson another well-meaning honorific that she hadn’t considered: “Hey, at least you’re the best public school in the state.” Public schools feel squeezed by ‘non-boundary’ counterparts 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z But it was not a typo, and the honorific had existed at least since the turn of the 20th century, although it enjoyed only limited circulation. Sheila Michaels, who helped give women the option of ‘Ms.,’ dies at 78 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Speaking to the New York Times in an interview last year for her own obituary, she said the honorific resonated with her, both as a feminist and as the child of unmarried parents. Ms Sheila Michaels: Feminist who popularised 'Ms', dies aged 78 - BBC News 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The honorific has since become ubiquitous throughout North America, Britain and the English-speaking world. Sheila Michaels, Who Brought ‘Ms.’ to Prominence, Dies at 78 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The honorific is reserved for “the President, the Vice President, United States senators and congressmen, Cabinet members, all federal judges, ministers plenipotentiary, ambassadors, and governors,” who get to use the title for life. She signed her name as ‘the Honorable Omarosa Manigault.’ But should she use the title? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Not only do most of the littlest babies perform up to grade-level in school, but some excel brilliantly, with 1.8% earning the gifted honorific. Most Premature Babies Do Well In School Later On 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z "I was with Anil Madhav Daveji till late last evening, discussing key policy issues. This demise is a personal loss," Modi said on social network Twitter, employing an honorific suffix widely used in India. Indian environment minister dies; was to have decided on GM crop 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z “The younger person must use honorific to the older person,” Hwang said. Why Korean companies are forcing their workers to go by English names 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Michaels, who introduced the honorific “Ms.” into common parlance, was 78. Sheila Michaels, Who Brought ‘Ms.’ to Prominence, Dies at 78 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z If courtesy titles are being sidelined could we also drop honorifics like Senator, Ambassador and Secretary when addressing former Senators, former Ambassadors and Former Secretaries of whatever. Opinion | Friday Mailbag: A Patriots Photo Lets Trump Score a Point 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z He didn’t bother with honorifics or first names — another sore point for the offended television commentators. Disrespect Intended: Mechanic-Candidate Bursts French Political Elite’s Bubble 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Known as Ah Sin — the honorific and name translate as Dear Magician, for his talent — Mr. Au, 85, grew up poor in Hong Kong. On Deck With China’s Last Junk Builders, Masters of an Ebbing Craft 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Even though he was sworn in as President of the United States on Friday, Donald Trump might still prefer the honorific he carried throughout his business career: “Mr. Trump.” Here's What President Trump Wants You to Call Him 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z For Ms. Michaels, something in that odd honorific resonated. Sheila Michaels, Who Brought ‘Ms.’ to Prominence, Dies at 78 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z All across Twitter, Trump supporters quickly claimed the term for themselves and re-branded “deplorable” as an honorific, like “Ms.” or “the Rev.” From ‘nasty woman’ to ‘failing pile of garbage’: When an insult becomes a badge of honor 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z For example, the way in which honorific and professional societies shortlist candidates for elections preserves the current membership structure rather than diversifying it. Compare voting systems to improve them 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z But at the time the presidency seemed anything but an honorific post. Mário Soares obituary 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The honorific “Hamza” was bestowed upon him by fellow-fighters, after the Prophet Muhammad’s uncle, who served as a ferocious fighter in battles to expand the early Islamic empire. A Reunion with a Lebanese Hijacker 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z An ardent feminist, she had long dreamed of finding an honorific to fill a gap in the English lexicon: a term for women that, like “Mr.,” did not trumpet its subject’s marital status. Sheila Michaels, Who Brought ‘Ms.’ to Prominence, Dies at 78 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z “Today Mahatma Gandhi is not among us, but the path that was truth that he showed us is still most appropriate,” Mr. Modi said, using the honorific for Gandhi. Modi’s Cash Ban Brings Pain, but Corruption-Weary India Grits Its Teeth 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Practically nobody today, however, would bestow upon Google Maps the honorific “A.I.,” so sentimental and sparing are we in our use of the word “intelligence.” The Great A.I. Awakening 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The directive urging party members to eschew titles and honorifics in favor of the revolutionary throwback was issued after a meeting last month of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. China Wants to Resurrect Word ‘Comrade.’ But Its Meaning Has Changed. 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Metro Bank is the latest organisation to let customers choose an honorific that is neither male nor female. Metro Bank lets customers choose Mr, Ms, Mrs and Mx - BBC News 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “Brevity is a problem in Japanese culture, especially for older generations with all these long honorifics and salutations,” Galloway said. Van Gogh and Picasso have new company at MoMA: Emojis 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z On the day he pulled the little girl from the rubble, she gazed up at him and, using an honorific, said, “Uncle, I love you.” Buying baby formula at $40 a can, and other stories of survival from Aleppo 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z "It’s honorific," said Charles Elson, who directs a center for corporate governance at the University of Delaware. The unusual change Wells Fargo made to its board as it tries to move beyond the fake accounts scandal 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Listing in the National Register is an honorific designation that provides recognition, limited protection and, in some cases, financial incentives. National Register of Historic Places adds 8 Oklahoma sites 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The "Mx" honorific - pronounced "mux" or "mix" - is used to avoid specifying gender or marital status. Australia insurance firm offers gender-neutral option on forms - BBC News 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z He addressed her formally with the honorific as “Secretary Clinton,” she called him by the familiar “Bernie.” Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, Odd Couple, Present College Plan in New Hampshire 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z That’s followed by 10 other honorifics, including “China Moral Leader” and “Most Well-known and Beloved Chinese Role Model.” China's self-proclaimed 'most charismatic philanthropist' accused of falsifying millions in donations 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z She styled herself “rebbetzin,” the Yiddish honorific bestowed on wives of rabbis. Esther Jungreis, ‘the Jewish Billy Graham,’ Dies at 80 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z That ad from beer brand Dos Equis marked the end of the era of 77-year-old actor Jonathan Goldsmith, who held the honorific title for a decade as he fronted the beer’s successful viral advertising. Meet Dos Equis’s New ‘Most Interesting Man in the World’ 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The not-for-profit fund will also offer the honorific "Mx" on its forms as well as traditional titles. Australia insurance firm offers gender-neutral option on forms - BBC News 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z He’s the first back-to-back decathlon champ in 32 years, and again earns the honorific title: world’s greatest athlete. Usain Bolt Wins Gold in 200M Despite Missing World Record 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z If the man really was tucked away in the ash of his own sacrifice 3,000 years ago, it could be an honorific practice that researchers aren't familiar with. Mystery bones from ancient Greece may be a teenager sacrificed to Zeus 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z And “slave master”? Why the honorific for a horrible practice? Enslaved, not ‘slaves,’ when talking about people 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Baba is an honorific bestowed on Hindu saints. Isolated Indian Soldiers Invent New Saints to Maintain Their Sanity 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z One called the move "pointless and counter-productive," saying it was grammatically wrong to it to decapitalize a proper noun, while another said the internet deserved the honorific big I as a wonder of the world. The New York Times is the latest publication to decapitalize 'the internet' 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Republican candidate Donald Trump took the high road Tuesday night, calling Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by his honorific, but by Wednesday morning, he was back to castigating him as “Lyin’ Ted.” Is there a Democratic truce? First Clinton, now Sanders, mute their criticisms 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z As euphemisms were deployed to cloak that war’s bitter and brutal realities, over-the-top honorifics were assigned to America’s embattled role in the world. The last days of Washington, D.C.: America can no longer mask its steep decline 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z To give a man like Otis a military honorific was to prop up an already healthy ego with strong ballast. This is the battle that made Los Angeles — and a great newspaper war 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z She's also going to earn a ton of honorifics and certifications. Rihanna, the RIAA, and making a platinum record in 2016 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Chin still hopes to persuade her colleagues to approve the honorific before the Council approves new names, probably within a month or two. New York Council Resists Renaming Effort to Honor Evacuation Day 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z They didn’t say who,” Martinez recalled, using an honorific term in Spanish. How Mexico secretly launched a crackdown after Penn met ‘El Chapo’ 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z In my office we treat patients civilly, using honorifics when we address them and speaking politely as we involve them in clinical decision-making. A doctor’s dilemma: How to treat the angry patient 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z She goes by the Japanese honorific roshi, or teacher, and has made annual trips to Nepal and Tibet for thirty-five years. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The New York Times, which unlike The Post routinely uses the honorifics Mr., Mrs., Miss and Ms., recently used the gender-neutral Mx. at one subject’s request. The Post drops the ‘mike’ — and the hyphen in ‘e-mail’ 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Some believe the matter is further inflamed by those who adopt the honorific their degree affords them. Doctor who? The celebrities who became instant academics - BBC News 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z But for years, he served in an honorific role as the archpriest of the Basilica of the Santa Maria Maggiore until his retirement, at the age of 80, in 2011. How cardinal disgraced in Boston child abuse scandal found a Vatican haven 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z I will begin each question with the phrase “Mother, may I,” and I will address candidates as “Your Excellency,” “Your Eminence” or another honorific approved by the campaigns. Dear GOP: Hire me and I’ll give you the debate of your dreams 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z “I’m glad they’re gone, but getting rid of these honorifics does nothing to take on the big challenges or opportunities before us as a nation.” Knights and dames removed from Order of Australia by Malcolm Turnbull 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z “He felt a patriotic duty to act,” he continued, and using an honorific for the ayatollah added: “Sayyid Sistani represents the conscience of the Iraqi people.” In Bid to Counter Iran, Ayatollah in Iraq May End Up Emulating It 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The Oxford English Dictionary is considering adding “Mx” to join honorifics such as Mr, Mrs and Ms to be used for individuals who identify as gender-neutral or transgender, according to the Sunday Times. Oxford English Dictionary mulls gender-neutral ‘Mx’ to join Mr, Ms 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z It’s not some kind of an honorific like a Nobel Peace Prize or a British knighthood. Spare Us the Clinton 2016 'War on Women' Redux 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Further research into fireproof protective clothing is highly recommended — as is an avoidance of honorific titles. Zoology: Here be dragons : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z "Israel", after all, was the honorific bestowed by God on Jacob after their all-night wrestling match. Living with the J-word 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z While he’s still growing accustomed to the somewhat ridiculous honorific of “Mr. Commissioner” – “I’ve been Rob for a long time” – his word now carries weight it did not a year ago. Unafraid of change, Rob Manfred steps to plate, faces pitches on pace of play, gambling 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Members of the literati might also acquire a hao, essentially a pseudonym and honorific. China to Force Authors to Provide Real Names When Publishing Online 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Though Fullmer is 20 and Tippetts only 18, both carry the church’s traditional honorific title bestowed on those who work full-time both seeking converts and encouraging their fellow believers. 2 LDS members explain their mission work in Missouri 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Upon arriving in the U.S., he changed his last name to Moalin, a Somali honorific meaning “teacher” or “scholar.” How to Catch a Terrorist 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z South Korean intelligence agents acquired tapes of a meeting held in Seoul, where the UPP members allegedly referred to North Korea’s leaders using honorific titles and sang pro-North Korea songs. In unprecedented move, S. Korea bans 'pro-North' political party 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Kanahei’s “honorific series,” for instance, is for texting with your boss or parents, while another set called “Love Love Love” is for a partner. Meet Kanahei, One Of The Most Successful Sticker Entrepreneurs On LINE 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Feinberg, who resisted being called Ms. or any other gender-specific honorific, wrote fiercely and furiously on behalf of those she saw as oppressed because of their sexual, ethnic, racial or other identities. Leslie Feinberg, Writer and Transgender Activist, Dies at 65 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The pomposity of using honorific titles for academics when the rest of us deserve as much or more respect is becoming properly outmoded. Learning How to Exert Self-Control 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The rest of the board voted unanimously to deny Ayers the emeritus status, a mostly honorific title given to retired faculty. 'Civility' a divisive issue in U. of I. faculty decisions 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z He was ousted as intelligence chief last April, then rehabilitated this summer with the honorific title of chairman of the national security council. Can Saudi Arabia help combat the Islamic State? To be a hibakusha, they explained, was not an honorific but a source of shame, a secret to be closely held. Hiroshima and the Inheritance of Trauma 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z To his father, who liked to be called “sir,” he instead used the honorific “Lord Stokesbury, Viceroy of India.” Robin Williams found dead in his home in California. Actor, comedian was 63. She has sometimes chided the white men in her courtroom, who address her with the honorific “My Lady” – a still extraordinary scene a generation after the end of apartheid. Oscar Pistorius Trial Judge Overcame Apartheid 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The screen also bears the words “May Their Memories Be a Blessing,” a translation of the Hebrew honorific for the dead. On Religion: A Play’s View of a Bigoted Past Holds a Mirror to a Violent Present 2014-05-03T00:35:26Z But above all, in a business that values software over soft power, the word is practically an honorific: “That’s why he’s a billionaire,” a character says of an investor. REVIEW: How to Make It In HBO’s Silicon Valley 2014-04-04T17:00:42Z The honorific earned him the famous nickname, Il Cavaliere, or The Knight. Italy's Berlusconi cedes knighthood 2014-03-19T21:31:55Z She was identified by name and the honorific "comrade" by state television and described as a senior official. Kim Jong-un in 'unanimous poll win' 2014-03-10T10:35:34Z The board said there was no master list of honorific names. Honorific Streets, Now Cataloged 2014-02-26T04:02:21Z Yet they seemed uncharacteristically brittle, bristling at small slights, such as when journalists failed to use the honorific “President Assad.” News Analysis: Syrian Opposition’s Calm at Talks Surprises as Officials Falter 2014-01-30T01:03:46Z He has halted the habit of granting priests the honorific title of monsignor as a way to stem careerism in the ranks and put the focus instead on pastoring. Pope Francis, The People's Pope 2013-12-11T13:05:19Z As a symbol of his power, the Khmer-language news media, which toe the government’s line, preface the prime minister’s name with a Cambodian honorific that roughly translates as “His Highness.” In an Unsettled Cambodia, Preparing to Confront the Government 2013-09-06T01:52:15Z Some firms, however, have plunged ahead with new honorifics. The Appraisal: Real Estate Brokers Lose Some Curb Appeal 2013-08-19T14:11:26Z The name changes do not alter the official city map, but mandate that signs identify a street’s formal name and the honorific one. Honorific Streets, Now Cataloged 2014-02-26T04:02:21Z Ms. Cruz, who uses the feminine honorific but wears drag only for performances, is one of the forces behind the new L.G.B.T.Q. Gay People in Bronx Seek a Place to Be Themselves 2013-07-26T21:42:37Z "A small explosion went off in a car which was parked about 40 feet away from U Wirathu," a Mandalay police officer told Reuters by telephone, referring to the monk by an honorific. Blast during sermon by radical Myanmar monk wounds 4 2013-07-22T07:12:01Z Does Mr. Setchell — surgeons in Britain do not use the honorific “Dr.” — have a specially encrypted cellphone on which he communicates with the royal family? London Journal: With Royal Baby Due, Street Is a Waiting Zone 2013-07-12T00:58:50Z Lobbying by the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council and Bowery Alliance of Neighbors led to the designation, which is largely honorific. Bowery Journal: On the Bowery, Vestiges of a Seedy Past Seep Through 2013-04-18T02:16:38Z Navigating and deciphering the voluminous number of honorific streets is a daunting task, even for a city official. Honorific Streets, Now Cataloged 2014-02-26T04:02:21Z Head football coaches are called by the “coach” honorific all the time. What's Inside the Paterno Family's Freeh Report Rebuttal 2013-02-11T20:05:23Z Because it's a racial slur and – no matter how many millions it spends trying to sanitize it and silence native peoples – the epithet is not, was not, and will not be an honorific. Washington 'Redskins' is a racist name: US pro football must disavow it 2013-01-17T17:33:00Z Suddenly, people who could not imagine using anything but polite honorifics to address those above them in the social pecking order let loose, criticizing leaders in ribald language normally confined to conversations with friends. Critics See South Korea Internet Curbs as Censorship 2012-08-13T02:56:06Z Sheik is an Arabic honorific, whereas Sikh is a religion with roots in South Asia. Romney confuses ‘Sikh’ with ‘sheik’ 2012-08-08T02:36:18Z From 'The Best Man' to 'Myra Breckinridge,' nothing was out of bounds in the work of this famed man of letters Is there a 2012 equivalent to the honorific “man of letters”? Remembering Gore Vidal, a Roaring Literary Lion 2012-08-01T22:05:28Z But he still didn’t own one honorific, that of the most decorated Olympian of all time. Michael Phelps Becomes Most Decorated Olympian of All Time 2012-08-01T14:35:34Z Sadly, such honorifics almost always prompt invidious comparison, resulting in a good laugh if not a few homesick tears. Lost, Then Found: New York Food Classics 2012-08-01T04:34:03Z Perhaps most interesting, the commander, whom Mr. Semple calls Maulvi, an Islamic honorific, describes without bombast or grandstanding the Taliban's complete lack of regard for the current Afghan government. At War Blog: An Interview: The Taliban's Long View 2012-07-11T04:39:28Z Jockeys and charioteers did wear some clothes but they were hired hands, not the owners of the chariots or horses, who alone were credited with the victory and claimed the honorific prize. Ancient versus modern Olympics 2012-06-29T08:52:36Z There is another holy lady offering the mother of Jesus a gold plate laden with crowns, a gold chain and an honorific decoration. Inside the Vatican bank: silence, secrets and Latin cash machines 2012-06-28T17:56:31Z It wasn't just a question of honorific statues. The Olympics – ancient and modern 2012-06-22T21:55:22Z The invitation is, obviously, football-themed; in addition to the “Hail VICTORY!!” headline, the event is preceded by a “Gridiron Reception,” and sponsors are awarded football honorifics. Dan Snyder, Mike Shanahan, Larry Michael help host George Allen fundraiser 2012-05-30T14:16:00Z But he was careful to steep his language in the appropriate honorifics reserved for elders. As Global Rivals Gain Ground, Corporate Japan Clings to Cautious Ways 2012-05-29T16:41:57Z “Daw” is an honorific term in Myanmar used for older women. Yangon Comes Alive Sunday Night After Historic Vote 2012-04-02T00:07:12Z The idea of substitution is widespread among all early religions, and is found in honorific as well as piacular rites. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Later Lily, the aide, told me she knew from the moment she walked into my mother’s room that this was a woman who liked the distance and formality of the honorific. The New Old Age Blog: When I Needed Help, Pt. 2 2012-03-05T13:05:46Z In a memo addressed to state administrators across France, Prime Minister François Fillon ordered the honorific — akin to “damsel” and the equivalent of “miss” — banished from official forms and registries. France Drops ?Mademoiselle? From Official Use 2012-02-22T23:56:49Z Many judges retain the honorific “Judge” or “the Honorable” after they turn in their robes. DealBook: Judge in Rajaratnam Insider Trading Trial to Step Down From Bench 2012-02-07T22:34:53Z But members of Parliament and newspapers dutifully referred to him by the honorific "Sir Fred," even as they relentlessly excoriated him for his compensation, pension and the business missteps that led to RBS's troubles. Goodwin Loses Knighthood 2012-02-01T13:38:09Z This took the character of a pre-celebration of my eightieth birthday, and was highly honorific. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z I would have trouble giving that honorific to an event that hinged on two questionable penalties for excessive pushing, which sounds like something that could really derail the careers of Fred Davis and Trent Williams. Top 11 D.C. sports moments of 2011 2011-12-28T17:26:00Z In Italy, honorifics are typically not used on official documents. France Drops ?Mademoiselle? From Official Use 2012-02-22T23:56:49Z I also think the coach honorific is appropriate, in its proper place. Urban Meyer and the "cult of coach" 2011-12-02T16:15:00Z Hovering in the background was the malicious little Prussian, Frederick, also called “the Great,” though he was less deserving of the honorific. Catherine the Great Rides to Glory in Bio: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-12-01T02:19:01Z Callipo's efforts to create and keep jobs in the depressed area won him the prestigious honorific title "Knight of Labor" from Italy's president, but he does not rest on his laurels. Italy entrepreneur defies mafia with tuna and ice cream 2011-11-08T11:23:36Z I was polite, obsequiously respectful — mindful of using the honorific, “sir.” 2012 Chevrolet Sonic LT: More than a new name, Chevy?s new Sonic can compete 2011-11-06T00:33:00Z Martinez, like Clark's informant, translated the word as "Horses" with some additional honorific epithet, possibly connected with the office of scout. Societies of the Kiowas 2011-10-07T02:00:23.703Z If we reserve the honorifics for those that truly deserve them, maybe Ohio State will pay the next Urban Meyer — Urban, Urban, Urban, there I said it! — less outrageous pile of cash. Urban Meyer and the "cult of coach" 2011-12-02T16:15:00Z The corresponding honorific for males—“domoiseau”, or roughly “squire”—was dropped from use nearly a century ago, with all men addressed or identified as “monsieur” irrespective of their age or marital status. French Feminists Fight to Outlaw 'Mademoiselle' 2011-09-28T20:16:46Z It might have been an honorific ceremony, in fact, and Macteith Sahib might have feigned sickness at his own unworthiness, according to etiquette? Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z This is quite inaccurate, the Magyar language admitting no such honorific particles. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z A longtime Hobby staffer suggested it was likely Perry's co-chair title in Gore's 1988 Texas campaign was little more than an honorific, not a recognition of any organizational responsibility. Rick Perry's Inconvenient Truth: Texas' GOP Governor Used to be a Democrat 2011-07-14T18:00:00Z But why do we address college coaches with such an honorific? Urban Meyer and the "cult of coach" 2011-12-02T16:15:00Z Efforts early in Bush's term to send a letter were stymied by an intense debate over whether to use an honorific such as "his excellency" to address Kim. Obama wrote a personal letter to North Korea's Kim Jong Il 2009-12-16T05:00:00Z Daw"" is an honorific in Myanmar for women. Myanmar government warns Suu Kyi on planned tour 2011-06-29T19:15:55Z Daw is an honorific used for older women. Myanmar Warns Suu Kyi Against Tour 2011-06-29T12:48:36Z "Daw" is an honorific in Myanmar for women. Myanmar government warns Suu Kyi planned tour could cause riots 2011-06-29T05:47:28Z "Nothing 'honorific' or 'deferential' was intended — just a shorter word," wrote a University spokesman in an email. Urban Meyer and the "cult of coach" 2011-12-02T16:15:00Z And now, at the Times, there's no honorific either. Palestinian factions divided on response to bin Laden 2011-05-02T14:03:00Z On Thursday, palace officials revealed that Kate Middleton, already restyled "Catherine" and to be known from tomorrow morning as Princess or by another honorific, will also avoid the promise to obey her bridegroom. What to Watch for During the Royal Wedding: Details of the Service 2011-04-28T09:35:00Z "By redefining Sony as a company encompassing both hardware and software, Ohga-san succeeded where other Japanese companies failed," , using the Japanese honorific. Sony's 'father of the CD' dies at 81 2011-04-23T18:56:05Z When Mr. Demirbas speaks of Mr. Ocalan, he uses the Turkish honorific “sayin,” loosely translated as esteemed, and he refers to him as “the representative for three million Kurds in Turkey.” Kurds Renew Their Movement for Rights and Respect in Turkey 2011-04-21T23:55:06Z The first two were adopted from coastal tribes, the honorific was assumed by some individuals in order to attain a rank to which they were not entitled by heredity. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Sadr, known to his followers by the honorific "Imam Musa", was a tall charismatic Iranian-born cleric who moved to Lebanon in the late 1950s and helped mobilize Lebanon's traditionally marginalized and downtrodden Shi'ite community. As Gaddafi Teeters, Will the Mystery of Lebanon's Missing Imam Be Solved? 2011-02-25T07:50:00Z The paper is reversing its stately, conspicuous tradition of using “honorific” courtesy titles in its sports coverage. The Fifth Down: No More Mr. Guy in Handing Out an Honorific 2011-02-24T11:31:43Z This was found to be lined with pedestals of honorific statues and to have on the west side a remarkable building, stated in an inscription to have been a library. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "This is a battlefield," says Dr. Umm Haicham. who asked to be named by her honorific, rather than use her own name, because she no longer trusts her government. Eyewitness: Carnage in Bahrain as the Military Opens Fire 2011-02-18T18:50:00Z This is proof that their true purpose is to keep Ustad silent,” Mr. Mahendradatta said, using an honorific term for some Muslim men. Indonesia Files Terror Charges Against Cleric 2011-02-02T14:33:21Z More than that, Jeffrey approached Moore, in the most honorific manner, through Rogers, to enlist him as a contributor, and a contributor Moore accordingly became. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z The adopted name, Lanka, to which an honorific "Sri" was added, is much older and is close to both the Sinhalese and Tamil names for the island. Sri Lanka erases old name Ceylon 2011-01-01T00:40:50Z In some sports – football among them – captaincy is an overblown honorific. In praise of? Andrew Strauss 2010-12-30T00:05:10Z Orders to stop using the honorific have gone out to NoKo's diplomatic missions around the world and North Korean traders working in China. North Korea's Follow-on Follies 2010-12-29T06:40:00Z In all three dialects the verb makes little or no distinction of number, but instead there is a distinction between non-honorific and honorific forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Surely Olympic winners are like US presidents, who retain their honorific even when no longer in office. Richard Williams: Ferrari face the music 2010-09-06T23:06:00Z He repeatedly referred to the American president as “Bush,” without using his title or an honorific, while referring to Tony Blair, the British prime minister who joined the invasion, as “Mr. Blair.” Hans Blix Offers Harsh View of Iraq Invasion 2010-07-28T01:01:00Z Known widely as Bill, he still sometimes used the honorifics “Reverend” and “Father.” Rev. William R. Callahan Dies at 78, Dissident Who Challenged Vatican 2010-07-11T00:01:00Z "Haji Zahir's mistake was to behave like an Afghan in Germany," Carter said, using an honorific title for a man who had made the pilgrimage to Mecca. NATO backs Afghan official despite jail accusation 2010-03-06T14:06:00Z Finally, in the first person the non-honorific and honorific forms depending on the subject are the same, and are also identical with those forms of the second person in which the subject is honorific. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The pompous honorific titles of the Lower Empire, indeed, had not come into vogue. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "No," declared Arisuga, looking upon them both sternly, and without an honorific for either. The Way of the Gods The State Council of the National Assembly replaced the former presidium, to which the 1947 Constitution had given honorific titles but largely ceremonial functions. Area Handbook for Bulgaria No novelist is a Privy Councillor, though the position is honorific and demands no special knowledge. A Novelist on Novels On is the honorific placed before the word in writing. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition Khán = a lord, a chief; an honorific title in Afghanistán, or merely part of a man’s name. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches The foregoing proves that in Peru, Guatemala and Mexico a caste-division was associated with left-handedness and that the expression “left-handed” was employed as an honorific or distinctive title. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations In 508 Clovis received at Tours the insignia of the consulship from the eastern emperor, Anastasius, but the title was purely honorific. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" That going south was much the grander of the two, and had a long procession of people carrying emblematical devices, honorific umbrellas, drums, gongs, and musical instruments. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports It is now of more honorific than actual importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The multitude of honorific titles, so bewildering and even maddening to the Occidental, are here used simply to keep in view the fixed relations of graduated superiority. Across Asia on a Bicycle A more serious difficulty is, that, as it was customary to apply the same honorific titles to both a god and the king, it is often uncertain to which the original meant to apply them. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Among men, the possession of, and ability to support a woman in perpetuity, whom no other may touch, is honorific, a high sign of display. Women As Sex Vendors or, Why Women Are Conservative (Being a View of the Economic Status of Woman) The official honorific character of divine titles appears as early as the fifteenth century, when Queen Hatshepsut is officially 143declared to be the daughter of Amon. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The word did not refer to anything supernatural but was used simply in an honorific sense. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Arjen turned to her, inclining his head, and despite the discomfort that had led him to omit it before, addressed her with the formal honorific proper to an out-clan female. Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel It is, therefore, to be hoped that no one will build any far-reaching theories upon logical deductions from the translations given here or elsewhere of such honorific titles. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters For if it is honorific to possess one woman, it is still more proof of one's buying power to support half a dozen different establishments. Women As Sex Vendors or, Why Women Are Conservative (Being a View of the Economic Status of Woman) Not only is the honorific awarded to him, but is to be used by all his sons and by their sons. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 The latter is a mere lay-figure, bedecked with honorific titles indeed, such as the 'Spirit of God and a word proceeding from Him,' and working215 miracles, but displaying no character. Mystics and Saints of Islam The diplomas now issued to students in Law and Medicine are only honorific. The Philippine Islands If a king calls himself by some strange honorific title, it is no assistance to understanding the meaning of it that a score of successors should do the same. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters An ethical religion would reprobate the sacrilegious bargains in which bodies are exchanged for gold, and refuse to accord them the honorific title of marriage, which is first and foremost a union of souls. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles Mistri, a corruption of the English Mister, is an honorific title for master carpenters. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The English embassy, whose honorific reception is described in chapter lxxvii., was that of Sir Harford Jones. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan In the Central Provinces they have become landholders and are addressed by the honorific title of Thākur, ranking with the higher cultivating castes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala A title or honorific name for Gonds and one by which they are often known. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The fellow's insolence, the honorifics bestowed on Jisuké, the vile terms heaped on himself, showed the secure ground on which Jisuké stood in his full knowledge of events. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 In his capacity of waterman the title Baraua is used to him as an honorific method of address; and to his wife Baroni. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Ordinarily the honorifics and the construction of the sentence take the place of these pronouns. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Of the Schoolmen he was contemptuous, with their honorific titles: 'doctor angelic, doctor seraphic, doctor subtle, doctor irrefragable.' The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London The word Sais, Colonel Temple states,79 is Arabic and signifies a nobleman; it is applied to grooms as an honorific title, in accordance with the common method of address among the lower castes. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Kag� signifies "shadow," "aspect," and "power"—especially occult power; the honorific prefix mi, attached to names and attributes of divinities, may be rendered "august." The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Various emperors at various times bestowed upon Wên Ch’ang honorific titles, until ultimately, in the Yüan, or Mongol, dynasty, in the reign Yen Yu, in A.D. Myths and Legends of China But the literal translation of the honorifics would appear stilted. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Excessively honorific, their worship of Confucius is not idolatry. The Awakening of China Other honorific designations for grooms, as given by Colonel Temple, are Bhagat or ‘Saint,’ and Panch, ‘Arbitrator,’ but neither of these is generally used in the Central Provinces. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Sir," said he, with all prescribed honorifics, "undoubtedly you are victorious. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 This is how Chang Ya came to have the honorific title of Wên Ch’ang, but, as a Chinese author points out, Chang belonged properly to Ssŭch’uan, and his worship should be confined to that province. Myths and Legends of China It is a honorific form of address, not the symbol for devoted love. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The honorific prefix "Sir" may in that case refer to clerkly qualities rather than to knighthood. More English Fairy Tales In later chapters on the alleged Japanese impersonality we shall consider the remarkable deficiency of personal pronouns in the language, and the wide use of "honorifics." Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Every bow was given to the full; he lingered over the honorifics, as though he loved the sound of them. Korea's Fight for Freedom A London director has to be content with an honorific position, a fee of a few hundred pounds a year, and, it must be added, a very exiguous degree of responsibility. War-Time Financial Problems The Pope is well-meaning but weak; and before long honorific epithets have to be denied him—he is merely a Pope; his prestige and power over souls is lost. Robert Browning He was lavish with titles, considering that money and nobility in such people must be inseparable; besides, experience had taught him that the use of such honorifics never came amiss. Kimono By means of "honorifics" it is seldom necessary for a speaker to be so pointedly vulgar as even to mention self. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic In the East, where honorifics and exact designations count for much, no greater insults could be imagined. Korea's Fight for Freedom To the individual of high breeding, it is only the more honorific esteem accorded by the cultivated sense of the members of his own high class that is of material consequence. Theory of the Leisure Class Labor is honorific in itself, when it is undertaken at the sole bidding of ambition or of virtue. Democracy in America — Volume 2 One feels then as if in presence of some vast incrusted work of jewelry or architecture; one hears the multitudinous liturgical appeal; one gets the honorific vibration coming from every quarter. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature There are few points in the language so difficult for a foreigner to master, whether in speaking himself, or in listening to others, as the use of these honorific words. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic It is a purely honorific distinction representing the admiralship of the islands and Ocean Sea, conferred on the discoverer by the Catholic sovereigns, Ferdinand and Isabella. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Whenever, as in these cases, the menial service in question has to do directly with the primary leisure employments of fighting and hunting, it easily acquires a reflected honorific character. Theory of the Leisure Class The Creation properly speaking, is only mentioned as an exploit of Marduk in the Sixth Tablet, and the Seventh Tablet is devoted wholly to the enumeration of the honorific titles of Marduk. The Babylonian Legends of the Creation We may compare it with another honorific title of this great woman—'The Mother of the World.' The Reconciliation of Races and Religions This substitution of the personal pronouns by honorifics makes possible an indefiniteness of speech that is exceedingly difficult for an Anglo-Saxon to appreciate. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic They bestowed on his son the same honorific title as upon him, so that Claudius was known in a way as Britannicus Proper. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Something of a honorific character always attached to the livery of the armed retainer, but this honorific character disappears when the livery becomes the exclusive badge of the menial. Theory of the Leisure Class Under ordinary circumstances "death" would have been good enough: it is only in speaking of his own ruler's death that the honorific word "collapse" is used. Ancient China Simplified Usually one couple are appointed the original ancestors, if possible, a couple associated with an honorific event like the Norman Conquest. Public Opinion "Omaye," "honorably in front," is used both condescendingly and honorifically; "you whom I condescend to allow in my presence," and "you who confer on me the honor of entering your presence." Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Those which were purely honorific, although valued by the nobility, who possessed them, outraged the sense of equality in the nation. The Eve of the French Revolution It is scarcely necessary to go into a discussion here of the particular points at which, or the particular manner in which, the canon of honorific expenditure habitually traverses the canons of moral conduct. Theory of the Leisure Class Also, abbreviated honorifics have no trailing period, and the word show is spelt shew. Getting Married Every nation borrows the name as an honorific title; do we not see the Bretons, the English, the Ligurians call men "Frank" if they behave well? The Deeds of God Through the Franks It is usually accomplished by means of the titles, "honorific" particles, and honorific verbs and nouns. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic The feudal rights, which are merely honorific, offend man as man; some of them are degrading, some ridiculous. The Eve of the French Revolution In directly, through reflection Upon their honorific expensiveness, a social worth is imputed to them; and so, by an easy substitution of words and ideas, they come to be admired and reputed beautiful. Theory of the Leisure Class All these business men had honorific appellations which they translated into English and introduced scrupulously into every sentence. The Days Before Yesterday Every nation borrows the name as an honorific title; do we not see the Bretons, the English, the Ligurians call men "Frank" if they behave well? The Deeds of God Through the Franks A common illustration of Japanese "impersonality," depending for its force wholly on invention, is the deficiency of the Japanese language in personal pronouns and its surplus of honorifics. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Relief from the operation of one set of privileges, neither strictly pecuniary nor entirely honorific, was almost unanimously demanded by the farmers. The Eve of the French Revolution It is a matter of common observation that sanguinary epithets applied to the divinity have a high aesthetic and honorific value in the popular apprehension. Theory of the Leisure Class The functions of a rabbi were purely honorific in character, dignifying, and unrelated in kind to' mercantile goods, for which one receives pay. Rashi They addressed each other by their names with the honorific prefix O, only used in the case of women, and the respectful affix San; thus Haru becomes O-Haru-San, which is equivalent to "Miss." Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Like the ship, it must have played an important part in man's preservation, which would account not only for the honorific title but for the special record of its creation. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition The British officers presented their alms under the disguise of a tributary offering, and received some nightgowns, of sprigged calico, by way of honorific dresses. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan Also, weddings, funerals, and the like honorific events among this class are pretty uniformly solemnized with some especial degree of religious circumstance. Theory of the Leisure Class The language is so thoroughly imbued with the honorific spirit that the exposure of truth in all its naked simplicity is highly improper. The Soul of the Far East It gave to Americans unable to become Geheimrate or Commendatori such unctuous honorifics as High Worthy Recording Scribe and Grand Hoogow to add to the commonplace distinctions of Colonel, Judge, and Professor. Babbitt Here the instruction is directed chiefly to proficiency or dexterity, intellectual and manual, in the apprehension and employment of impersonal facts, in their casual rather than in their honorific incidence. Theory of the Leisure Class Of course the distinction is not observed with strict consistency in practice; the less debasing of the base services and the less honorific of the noble functions are not infrequently merged in the same person. Theory of the Leisure Class Hence it should appear probable that the interest of the invidious comparison with respect to pecuniary or other honorific merit should occupy the attention of the leisure class, to the neglect of the cognitive interest. Theory of the Leisure Class For the most part, the absolutely necessary personal references are introduced by honorifics; that is, by honorary or humble expressions. The Soul of the Far East The diversion of expenditure to honorific waste in such cases is not uncommon enough to cause surprise or even to raise a smile. Theory of the Leisure Class They are unprofitable servants, and there is an honorific implication for their master in their remaining unprofitable. Theory of the Leisure Class Since conservatism is a characteristic of the wealthier and therefore more reputable portion of the community, it has acquired a certain honorific or decorative value. Theory of the Leisure Class The tribute is paid in vicarious leisure, and the honorific effect which emerges is imputed to the person or the fact for whose good repute the holiday has been instituted. Theory of the Leisure Class These honorifics are, taken as a whole, one of the most interesting peculiarities of Japanese, as also of Korean, just as, taken in detail, they are one of its most dangerous pitfalls. The Soul of the Far East Since the consumption of these more excellent goods is an evidence of wealth, it becomes honorific; and conversely, the failure to consume in due quantity and quality becomes a mark of inferiority and demerit. Theory of the Leisure Class Arms are honourable, and the use of them, even in seeking the life of the meanest creatures of the fields, becomes a honorific employment. Theory of the Leisure Class |
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