Some that annoy me are "Very reverend..." and "Your holiness". The latter is the accepted address of the Pope. But...he's not holy.

I prefer Postman Pete. If my name was Peter and I delivered mail, that is how I would prefer to be addressed. Or perhaps Postman Cephas...

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But, you know, I haven't really given much thought to the use of Rev. I regularly use this title when addressing email to people in church offices (but I will look at their email signature). If they don't have anything there, I will use "Pastor ____".

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Tim Lindsay
member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, Halifax, NS, Canada
Living in Cape Town, South Africa
"under the Southern Cross, at the foot of Table Mountain, not far from the Cape of Good Hope"