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Forum Name: Neon Exodus Evangelion
Topic ID: 287
Message ID: 34
#34, RE: Exodus 5:1
Posted by Gryphon on Feb-25-16 at 03:13 AM
In response to message #32
>Oh, yes - one minor quibble:
>
>"With Colonel Ellison's compliments, milord..."
>
>I'm used to "milord" being used when there's an actual relationship,
>rather than just because somebody is a noble. As Lois Bujold put it
>in The Warrior's Apprentice, "You wouldn't call me 'my husband'
>even if you heard my wife do so, eh?"

Imagine that, an XCOM Technical Services operative in California is not well-versed in British aristo etiquette.

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