Quote Originally Posted by piperdbh View Post
But suppose Her Majesty decided that I were worthy of honoring and made a Member of the British Empire. Would I refer to myself as "piperdbh, MBE", or would that be considered bad form?
I had a few professors in college who would refer to themselves as "Dr. So-and-So", and smart-alecky students like me always thought it was a bit pretentious.
Why is it pretentious? If they earned the title, then they should use it. Whenever students call me "Doctor", I always thank them for the promotion, but then diplomatically inform them that as a holder of a MA, I am only entitled to "Mister".

T.