Andie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Good morning, I have a Komarr question next! I just wanted to check if I am interpreting correctly that men have "Ser" in front of their names, like Mr or Sir (unless they are Dr). It seems that women have "madame" ? Such an interesting world building detail you included here. Just curious, if you have a chance to reply. Thank you!
Lois McMaster Bujold
Yes, "ser" is meant as a minor middle-upper-middle-class honorific, roughly equivalent to "mister". There could be a matching "sera", but Barrayarans would tend to revert to the more familiar French/British "madame".
I did recycle my "ser - sera" nomenclature to 5-gods Adria-Lodi, both it and Komarr being inspired by historical Venice.
Ta, L.
Yes, "ser" is meant as a minor middle-upper-middle-class honorific, roughly equivalent to "mister". There could be a matching "sera", but Barrayarans would tend to revert to the more familiar French/British "madame".
I did recycle my "ser - sera" nomenclature to 5-gods Adria-Lodi, both it and Komarr being inspired by historical Venice.
Ta, L.
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