Horsebox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At work we tend towards 'Doris' for the office > juniors. They understand it's in good humour and > not meant in a derogatory way. xxxxxx Are you quite sure about that? They are, er, "office juniors". Whatever that is. Bottom of the heap, sounds like. Probably not a good idea for them to speak out if they don't like it, is it? Not if they value their jobs and/or don't want to be on the receiving end of a load more "good humour" that is "not meant in a derogatory way". Edited to add: And I hope your last post was a joke :))