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Master (form of address)
Nancy Tuckerman fra Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette skriver, at i USA, i modsætning til Storbritannien, kan en dreng kun tiltales som master indtil han er 12 år, hvorefter han kun tiltales ved sit navn uden titel, indtil han bliver 18 år, hvor han får titlen Mr.,662 selv om det ikke er upassende at bruge Mr., hvis han er lidt yngre. Tidligere tiltalte de afroamerikanske slaver deres ejere som master, og de udtalte det på deres dialekt som "massa":295 Robert Hickey, vicedirektør for Protocol School of Washington, udtaler, at "brugen af Master [som] en æresbetegnelse, når man henvender sig til drenge, anses for gammeldags uden for konservative kredse".
Master (form of address)
Nancy Tuckerman of the Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette writes that in the USA, unlike the UK, a boy can be addressed as master only until age 12, then is addressed only by his name with no title until he turns 18, when he takes the title of Mr.,:662 although it is not improper to use Mr. if he is slightly younger. In former times the African-American slaves addressed their owners as master, and they pronounced it in their dialect as "massa".:295 Robert Hickey, deputy director of the Protocol School of Washington, states that "use of Master [as] an honorific when addressing boys is considered old fashioned outside of conservative circles."
Master (form of address)