strathspey@strathspey.org:44532

Fiona Grant

The Master of Ceremonies abbreviated

March 7, 2006, 7:55 p.m. (Message 44532)

How is it that M.C. became emcee? (as in recent postings) 

If you follow the usual rules of pronunciation the two don't sound the same,
so presumably you can't use the second word unless you know of the
abbreviation? So why not use the abbreviation if too lazy to write out the
whole title?

And as we have been discussing etiquette on the dance floor and dance cards:

Isn't it more respectful to give a person their proper title, even if
abbreviated, rather than some bizarre phonetic interpretation?

Did someone somewhere make a spelling mistake when setting out a dance
ticket? 

Fiona 
Being pedantic in Bristol, UK