LL-L "Kinship terms" 2006.05.08 (08) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 08 May 2006 * Volume 08
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From: Heather Rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Kinship terms" 2006.05.08 (01) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
>>From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
>I think I saw more than one American movie back in the days (twentieth
>century), where sons were addressing their father with "Yes, Sir" and
>"No, Sir". Whether that was meant to be humorous, I can't recall...but I
>doubt it<

In Dickens most middle class children are portrayed as calling their father
'Sir' and I would also go as far as saying that most 19th and early century
public schoolboys would address all male adults including family as 'Sir'.

Heather

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