Dragaera

proofreading etc [spoilers 4 tEoDM/SL]

Mark A Mandel mam at theworld.com
Thu May 6 17:45:23 PDT 2004

oops....

I meant my reply for the list, not just to Philip. Here it is.

-- Mark A. Mandel

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Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 16:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
To: Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com>
Subject: Re: proofreading etc [spoilers 4 tEoDM/SL]

Meant for the list too?


On Thu, 6 May 2004, Mark A Mandel wrote:

> On Thu, 6 May 2004, Philip Hart wrote:
>
> 	>>>
> No smear intended - I at least was unaware of this fact, and thought it
> might be noted by someone with linguistic expertise and a faq.
> 	<<<
>
> It is interesting; yet another point to look into.
>
> 	>>>
> > And, of course, sometimes the appropriate word for members of the House
> > of the Dragon is "Dragonlords".
>
> Presumably there's a theory about the existence of "Dragonlord" and
> "Hawklord" and the apparent absence of "Issolalord" etc.
> 	<<<
>
> While they're theoretically all noble, most of the houses are in fact
> middle-class (http://cracksandshards.com/characteristics.html) :
>
> 	-----------------
>
> Although technically all the houses except the Teckla are "noble
> houses", "only a few [of the 'noble houses'] ... contain any of the
> aristocracy, and then only a few of that House" [Tek27; Paresh
> speaking]. Kelly implies that the Houses of the Dragon, Dzur, and Lyorn
> comprise the bulk of the aristocracy [Tek188]. The House of the Phoenix
> is almost certainly also largely aristocratic, but they are the smallest
> House and so do not count toward the "bulk". In fact, Paarfi takes for
> granted the existence of bourgeoisie as well as nobility [FHYA285].
> Vlad, technically a noble of the Jhereg, makes his living (for most of
> his career that we've seen so far) as a mobster and an assassin.
>
> 	-----------------
>
> 	>>>
> And perhaps about Pel's invariable title "Venerance".
> 	<<<
>
> Aerich's, too. They're both dukes. Presumably it's the official form of
> address to a duke.
>
> [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]
>
> -- Mark A. Mandel
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