name calling
Sheena asked in a comment below about what to call me. There are many options, some of which are less polite than others. So here's the deal: I'm Rosina or I'm Sara, I answer to both. I've never made a secret of the fact that I publish under two names. Rosina is me; Sara is the secondary me.
Please do not call me Dr. Lippi (which was on Sheena's list). I do have a PhD but I don't use doctor as a title because, well, it seems pretentious to me. Also, I worry that if I did call myself doctor, sometime somebody will slap a scalpel in my hand and ask me to do an emergency procedure. Really, that wouldn't be a good idea. You could ask me to do an emergency etymology or call on me when you're in dire need of an analysis of a confusing sentence, but that's about it.
Okay, in the spirit of complete disclosure, I do sometimes call myself doctor, but only when I'm dealing with difficult hospital personnel who treat everybody like a dolt. Many hospital personnel, in my experience, have their dials turned permanently to the lowest common denominator, and it takes a big jolt to get them to actually look at you and see that you might bring more to the table than that. Amazing what a title will do in that situation.
Still waiting to hear from London; am a little tense.