| Online Honorifics Entertaining Thoughts... 7/25/2008 |
| WHAT WE ALL KNOW... It is customary for Gorean slaves to address free women as �Mistress� and free men as �Master.� Mercenaries of Gor, pg. 20 DEFINITION Merriam Webster states: Address (verb) 4 a: to communicate directly <addresses his thanks to his host> 4 b: to speak or write directly to; especially : to deliver a formal speech to 6: to greet by a prescribed form EXAMPLES OF ADDRESSING A FREE PERSON: "Hassan!" screamed Alyena, from below. I smiled to myself. She had dared to soil the name of her master by putting it on her lips which, though beautiful, were only those of a slave. Girls are not, commonly, permitted to speak the name of their master. He is addressed as, or responded to, as "Master" or "my Master." If Hassan survived, he would, I suspected, well beat her for this lapse. Some masters, it might be noted, however, permit the girl to speak their name, if it is accompanied by an acknowledgment of title, as in, say, "Hassan, Master," or "Hassan, my Master." Tribesmen of Gor - Page 183 The privilege of using his name, of having it on her lips, is, according to the most approved custom, re-served for that of a free woman, in particular a Free Companion. Gorean thinking on this matter tends to be expressed by the saying that a slave girl grows bold if her lips are allowed to touch the name of her master. On the other hand, I, like many Gorean masters, provided the girl was not testing or challenging me, and provided that free women, or others, were not present whom I had no wish to offend or upset, preferred as a matter of fact to have my own name on the girl�s lips, for I think, with acknowledged vanity, that there are few sounds as pleasurable as the sound of one�s own name on the lips of a beautiful woman. Priest Kings of Gor, pg. 206 After a time she lifted her head. "May I call you Tarl?" she asked. "Only if given permission," I told her. This was normal Gorean slave custom. Generally, of course, such permission is not even asked, and, if asked, would be denied. Sometimes a girl is whipped for even daring to ask this permission. "A girl asks permission to call her Master by his name," she said. "It is denied," I said. "Yes, Master," she said. I would not permit the slave girl to speak my name. It is not fitting that the name of the master be soiled by being touched by the lips of a slave girl. Tribesman of Gor, pg. 359 "May I speak your name, Master?" she begged. "Yes," I said. "Tarl," she whispered. "I love you." "Be silent, Slave Girl," I said. Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 10 EXAMPLES OF SPEAKING "IN REGARDS TO" A FREE PERSON: Slave girls, of course, may speak the name of their masters to others, for example, as in locutions such as, "I am the girl of Calliodorus of Port Cos," or "I come from the house of Calliodorus." It is only that they are seldom, in addressing the master himself, permitted to use his name. He is usually addressed simply as "Master," or as "my Master." Guardsman of Gor, pg. 270 I would not use his name to him, directly but I might use it to others, in reference to him. Book 22, Dancer: pg 71 In this quote, Teibar is "he" asking the questions, "And what is the name of your master?" he inquired. "My master is Teibar," I said. "And of what city is he?" he asked. "I do not know, Master," I said. "He is of Ar," he said. "Yes, Master," I said. "Whose slave are you, then?" he asked. "I am the slave of Teibar of Ar," I said. This was the first time I had ever spoken these words. I was thrilled to speak them. They gave the name and city of my master. If a guardsman or any free person, or even a male slave, or a female slave in a position of authority, were to inquire as to the identity of my master, that was the information that I would be expected to give them. To be sure, such things may be read on collars. Book 22, Dancer of Gor, pg 502 I ask your opinion. Is it a sign of disrespect to not use one when speaking of a free person? ...also What about action text? * slave turns toward him as fingertips tease along thighs to hips, soon mated behind slender back as eager beast kneels before Tarl... <slave> slave begs to serve, Master. In the first post, describing motion, the words are not an address. The slave is not speaking. When speaking to the free man, directly... the slave addresses him as "Master." Note: So far, all responses have been that a slave uses honorifics to show respect at all times. That doing so keeps her humble and in constant remembrance of her place. |