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NancyBrooke
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 Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject: The man on the street |
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So, imagine your walking around Minas Tirith and you want to buy a hart's liver for dinner, but the butcher has his back turned. What do you say?
Yo?
Dude?
Man?
My Good Man?
Hon?
And if the Butcher's wife comes in bearing a tray of pig's ears and ignores you, too, how might you get her attention?
My Good Woman?
Goodwife?
Babe?
Which is to say, how should we refer to Mr. and Mrs. man-on-the-street Gondorian?
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BittenBuggy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: The man on the street |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | So, imagine your walking around Minas Tirith and you want to buy a hart's liver for dinner, but the butcher has his back turned. What do you say? |
Hey yo dude! I was like, really hopin I could get some'a that - uh - meat stuff. Can you help me out, man?
| NancyBrooke wrote: | | And if the Butcher's wife comes in bearing a tray of pig's ears and ignores you, too, how might you get her attention? |
Hey lady.. whoa, you sure you're a girl? I mean, no offence man, but thats some knarly 5'oclock shadow you got goin' on. Hey, dude, can I have one'a those? I'm like, seriously hungry.
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BittenBuggy
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Uh oh, I can almost see the death-glare from Nancy for that one 
Hugs and kisses and peace signs! Please dont hurt me... 
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Moralanqua
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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A thousand pardons, good sir!
Mistress? Might I trouble you for..
Greetings, Master XXX. May I have XXX?
Mistress, Master, Madam and Sir would all be ok. Only Nobles get he Lord and Lady guff.
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Maram68
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: The man on the street |
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OFF TOPIC:
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Hey yo dude! I was like, really hopin I could get some'a that - uh - meat stuff. Can you help me out, man?
Hey lady.. whoa, you sure you're a girl? I mean, no offence man, but thats some knarly 5'oclock shadow you got goin' on. Hey, dude, can I have one'a those? I'm like, seriously hungry. |
(Though I had to read it thrice to understand it ...  )
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Viv
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Moralanqua wrote: | | Greetings, Master XXX. May I have XXX? |
Not to side-track this thread into the realm of pervy, but... |
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Viv
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: The man on the street |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | And if the Butcher's wife comes in bearing a tray of pig's ears and ignores you, too, how might you get her attention? |
Yo. Toots. You want I should lick this here slab o bacon? No? I didn't think so. Now sell me a hart's liver, already. |
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Moralanqua
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Id flash my boobies at her. Hoping that would get me a discount or maybe even free stuff! 
(o) (o)
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NancyBrooke
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| BittenBuggy wrote: | Uh oh, I can almost see the death-glare from Nancy for that one
Hugs and kisses and peace signs! Please dont hurt me... |
No, No, No ... all in good fun. 
But, if there are any more helpful answers in addition to Mora's:
| moralanqua wrote: | | Mistress, Master, Madam and Sir would all be ok. |
I'd love to hear them. It's for a fic, naturally.
Would one really call an unmarried 20-something woman, for example, "mistress"?
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Ellbee
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: |
Would one really call an unmarried 20-something woman, for example, "mistress"? |
Waht about "maid"? I've used that before.
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Maram68
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | Would one really call an unmarried 20-something woman, for example, "mistress"? |
I'd say yes absolutely.
Any woman out of her teens could be called mistress.
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Eyborg
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What about just "miss"? Is that too modern?
(I'm actually thinking about a Gondorian story myself, you know, which will feature a 12 year old girl).  |
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Thuriniel
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In Spain, where people still go to the butcher, a "good morning" or "good afternoon" usually works.
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