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- From: msjle@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Joi L. Ellis)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
- Subject: Re: honourifics
- Message-ID: <Bzqs21.79t@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 02:25:12 GMT
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- David.Berriman@anu.edu.au (Cyalodin) writes:
-
- >IMO, honourifics represent a distinguished title - in this case it
- >denotes the rider of a fighting Dragon. It is used so that a person's
- >name instantly identifies them with their exulted position (remember
- >that Dragon riders often have large egos - and this is often justified).
-
- In the Dragon Lovers Guide to Pern there is a statement that
- says something to the effect that dragon rider's names are shortened to
- make them faster to yell when fighting thread. No honor seemed to be
- originally intended by it, although it certainly grew to be a mark of status.
-
- The original dragon riders certainly didn't seem to have overblown egos,
- and I think Sorka and Conrahan (?) would have laughed themselves silly
- at the suggestion they exalt themselves in such a fashion. I can easily
- imagine them wanting to do everything possible to make flying threadfall
- less hazardous.
-
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- Happy Holidays!
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