On 16 Jun 04  23:39:58, mark lewis got back to David Drummond 
-> Re: Astounding.

 DD> I notice that he refers to our "esteemed leader" as "Mr Prime
 DD> Minister". Crikey, even we don't refer to him that way, we
 DD> call him by name (Mr Howard).....
 
 DD> Mr is a title, so is President. To refer to someone as title
 DD> title is illogical....

 ml> hunh? there is something wrong with Mr. President?

Now you opened up a can of worms.   And, it's not about the grammar, 
either!  

But, as to the grammar, "Mr Bush" would be correct in most every 
other English-speaking country.  

I'm not quite sure where the "Mr President" came from, but it appears 
to be a way of both negating the high office and recognizing it at 
the same time.  

In any event, I have never heard someone talking or writing about 
the president using "Mr President so-and-so".  It has been "President 
".  

What I think is rather ironic is that kings are call "King ".  


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