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Gryphon
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Feb-25-16, 03:13 AM (EDT) |
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34. "RE: Exodus 5:1"
In response to message #32
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>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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