Mtr Koh

Was doing Party Team stuff today and checking on placement card revisions we had to notify Shangri-La abt. We asked some VIPs how we ought address their spouses -- mainly cos for female VIPs we couldn't possibly address their partners as Ms XX's partner (whereas it was easier for guys cos you can just do Mr and Mrs XXX). Was v puzzled with one set of names... So we expected a particular Mr Koh to reply "you can do Mr XX Koh and Mrs XX Koh". But it was Mr XX Koh and Mtr Gabriel Koh. Now... cos I really had no clue what 'Mtr' meant I was pretty confused. The first thing that came to my mind was... now.... Gabriel should be a guy's name-- this guy cannot be so openly gay right. Then another wild thought crossed my mind -- wah, this guy can't be bringing his mistress along right. Then i thought ok, perhaps it was a typo and he really meant Mrs Gabriel Koh (cos Gabriel is still a relatively 'androgynous' name, though the female version probably has an additonal 'le' behind). So I trotted over to seek some affirmation from tph and she kinda said, possible. Hai, but just so I wasn't being presumptuous I finally decided to clarify.... And it turns out that Mtr really stood for 'Master' and that Mr XX Koh was just bringing his son along. When I saw that email I couldn't help but go.... Oh......! So suaku, right ;) Actually might have heard of little boys being addressed as Master XXX, but it just didn't occur to me Mtr would mean that!