Talk:Luangpho Uttama

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Aaronlee in topic name

name edit

Which is his name, and which his title? We really need to remove "Rev." and revert to name only as per WP:MOS about honorifics-Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom doesn't have her queenly title, and Akihito isn't referred to imperially in his namespace. Chris 06:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

This is a good question -- Luangpho Ajahn (หลวงพ่ออาจาร) is a title, but I don't know about "Tala". This confusion extends to the names of several other monks, whose titles are often confused for names; this apparent by how they are sometimes sorted, for example, Theravada monks whose names have been merged with the title "Phra" (พระ), such as Phrabhavanaviriyakhun. But I must admit that this is mostly deductive reasoning on my part. Perhaps there is some Thai convention that I am completely unaware of. (Please let me know.) Still, I'd vote to move this page to one which doesn't include the honorifics. Aaron Lee (talk) 17:00, 15 September 2008 (UTC)Reply