Rion discovered some unexpected options, while online shopping in the UK. Note that Prince and Princess were also in the list. Made me smile.
Rion discovered some unexpected options, while online shopping in the UK. Note that Prince and Princess were also in the list. Made me smile.
I work for UK local government and I have wasted many hours talking about what titles should be included in our online forms. These guys have taken it to a whole new level. Wing commander has always been my favourite :)
Feb 13th, 2010 / 5:31 pm
Apart from it being a really big list, why should there even be a difference between “The Viscount” and “Viscount”, that’s just silly AND confusing. Plus “Rear Admiral” just sounds wrong, who would use that title .. seriously.
Crazy Brits ;-)
Feb 13th, 2010 / 6:24 pm
I ordered the Boden catalogue and chose “Lady” Maggie Keirsh but they mailed it to me Maggie Keirsh just. Ah well, a valiant effort
Feb 13th, 2010 / 7:53 pm
Funniest thing I’ve read today (and this day is 30 min old).
Feb 14th, 2010 / 3:29 am
Daft indeed.
Feb 14th, 2010 / 4:26 am
Love it.
Feb 14th, 2010 / 7:29 am
Hillarious. I was quite amused to discover the forms on the, UK based, site where I’m working right now have ‘Sir’, ‘Lady’, and ‘Lord’ as options, but this tumps those options by country mile :-)
Feb 14th, 2010 / 10:35 am
I love the English. I love living here.
Feb 15th, 2010 / 8:16 am
awesome!!
Feb 15th, 2010 / 9:48 am
Really funny lol
Feb 15th, 2010 / 10:43 am
I now get their catalogues delivered to ‘Wing Commander Graham’, which makes me smile every time I get one. :-)
Feb 15th, 2010 / 3:58 pm
Had a nice laugh.
Feb 15th, 2010 / 5:01 pm
My father-in-law got a ‘Captain’ credit card by mistake once. He didn’t keep it despite my protestations……
Feb 16th, 2010 / 7:37 am
It’s very Boden. And very funny. Who said the class system was dead in England? Pah! I quite fancy Squadron Leader in a kind of shouty retro military way.
Feb 16th, 2010 / 10:23 am
They only fail to mention ‘Queen’. Doesn’t she shop online?
Feb 16th, 2010 / 12:19 pm
Queen…she’s probably at the top, above “Rear Admiral”.
Feb 16th, 2010 / 9:47 pm
Appropriate title would be “Her Majesty”.
Feb 17th, 2010 / 5:39 pm
This sheds a whole new light on form design considerations.
Feb 17th, 2010 / 7:22 pm
Yeah, just enter: http://www.gadgetfreechat.com and shop till you drop :)
Feb 18th, 2010 / 9:44 am
the states should adopt a couple of titles..!
great post.
Feb 18th, 2010 / 12:12 pm
Love it. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes me all giddy inside.
Feb 22nd, 2010 / 3:26 pm
Haha, I remember running into this when living in the UK. And my landlord DID actually use the title Wing Commander. It was kind of amazing.
Feb 27th, 2010 / 2:29 pm
This is hysterical! Those crazy brits!
Feb 27th, 2010 / 3:42 pm
Nice idea to engage visitors in decent a way..
Jul 27th, 2010 / 5:42 am