Correct term to address a mayor and council members from the UK?
I’m invited to a gala dinner hosted by our mayor for the mayor and some council members of our twinned town in the UK. As I will have some talk to both the British mayor and the council members, what are the correct terms to respectfully address them in their ranks and functions?
That’ll do. They’d have to be a proper stuffed shirt to get their knickers in a twist over any minor lapses in etiquette. Most mayors are just local councilors.
“Mayor” and “Councillor” work, or sir and mam. Assuming you’re speaking to them publicly in a council meeting, you want to keep it formal. If it’s more one to one then it could be a little more relaxed.
I recommend “oi cunt”. Seriously though, mayors and councillors aren’t really high enough in the pecking order to have special terms in the UK - just be polite but otherwise treat them as normal people.
Nice try. I’ll reserve this for after the meeting, or at least when I got a good (or more precisely bad) enough impression of them :-)
Seriously though, mayors and councillors aren’t really high enough in the pecking order to have special terms in the UK
Ah, OK. That could be the reason why I found nothing so far. I was just cautious, as British officials seem to be peculiar when it comes to ranks and titles. Better safe than sorry.
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