[Lexicog] Re: The irony of thou

Bill Poser billposer at ALUM.MIT.EDU
Thu Jun 14 18:41:36 UTC 2007


I once encountered a medical monograph published in Rumania in the late
1960s. On the title page the author's name was preceded by the full
set of titles one might have expected in a non-communist country
of the region: "doctor professor academician" preceded by "comrade".

Bill



 
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