#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. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
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