Passionmate stuff from up there in the frozen north Ebbie, however I still think you went off at a tangent in misreading my use of the word title by taking to mean an heriditory or otherwise nomenclature bestowed by a gratefull monarch for services rendered.
Surely President of the US or General Motors or FSGW is equally a title and as such is not deserving of your scorn of the word in the guise you have adopted for it?
I am still of the opinion that the person who chairs a meeting is the chairman or in the case of a lady holding that TITLE Madam Chairman. I regret too the neutering of words such as actress to actor etc, the richness of the English language whether in its original form or in the style in which it is spoken by some of our former colonies is a wonderful thing, and it can only lead to a further 'dumbing down' of our common culture, if we continue to pander to the PC brigade.
Giok