I remember a time at work where I was required to send a thank-you letter to the French consulate from my federal government office. I was a junior guy and I had no idea what I was doing. I was in the quality assurance office and was working to review incidents that happened in the system.
I had gotten involved with the printing of a newsletter using the printing office that our agency had. That was an experience in and of itself, but I learned that not all offices worked the same and they all had different budgets.
As I worked to come up with a thank-you letter for these French people that had come and toured our facility, I had no idea what to say in the letter. I worked with my boss and got some wording down for the letter.
Then I actually had to look up how to refer to a French person with the concept of Mr. and Mrs. I learned that in French, M stood for Mr. or Mrs. You could then go from there. I used that in my letter and in the stuff that I included in the package that we sent to the air traffic people that were involved in the tour that they had taken with us.
It's funny now when I get emails from a French speaking company that is either spamming me or sending me emails that I legitimately signed up for and it has M Holly on it. I think of what I learned back in the early 1990s and how M. stands for Monsieur or mister in English.
Fun stuff!
