Re: Terms of address

[Dick Eney <dickeney@access.digex.net>]

Poster: Dick Eney <dickeney@access.digex.net>


On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Ed Hopkins wrote:

> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but 
> 
> "Prowess" refers to the front of a ship.
> 
Consider yourself corrected.

> The feminine form of "Sir" is "Domina".
> 
"Domina" is the feminine of "dominus".  The _equivalent_ of English "Sir"
is "Dame", or so my manual of address forms says (I tell you, this State
Department Style Book covers _every_thing!).  Unfortunately the first lady
knight of the SCA elected to receive the style "Sir", and so it has been
ever since, which is why we address a certain handsome lady from No'th
Ca'lina as "Sir Fern".

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