[Ravensfort] Fwd: [Ansteorra] forms of address.
L T
ldeerslayer at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 13 09:08:00 PDT 2002
Comments from Mistress Clare (She who is from a time
before our Kingdom existed)
L.
--- Nancy Wederstrandt <nweders at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> From: Nancy Wederstrandt <nweders at mail.utexas.edu>
> Subject: [Ansteorra] forms of address.
> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:34:38 -0500
>
>
> Great list by the way, Lorraine:
>
> Let me add the following if I can:
>
> >
> >08. Barons & Baronesses in Fief - Baron/ess (Group Name), Your Excellency, =
> >Your Excellency (Group
> >name or personal name)
>
> Founding Barons are normally entitled to use so and so, Baron/ess XXXX
> while the other Barons and Baronesses are normally So and So, Baron/ess OF
> XXXXXXXX. Small but important distinction.
>
> >
> >12. Ansteorran Grant Orders:
> >Order of the Iris of Merit (CIM) - Honourable Lord/Lady
> >Order of the Star of Merit (CSM) - Honourable Lord/Lady
> >Order of the White Scarf of Ansteorra (WSA) - Don/Dona
> >Order of the Centurians of the Sable Star - Centurian
> >Order of the Archer Majorius - (I don't know this one, can someone enlighte=
> >n me?)
> >
> >13. All other Grants of Rank - Lord/Lady
>
> All Grants of Rank are normally listed or talked about as The
> Honorable Lady, Lord, Don, whatever..... you don't go up to someone and
> say, Hi! Honorable Lady. It's totally incorrect. You call them Lady
> XXXX. When you talk about them in the third person then they are The
> Honorable XXXX. Nor do you sign your name THL XXXXX - Hopefully you sign
> your name XXXX, CIM. The educated person will know what to call you by the
> initials after your name. It's a small point but one that people have
> fallen into using incorrectly. I was Nimbus Herald when Anebairn and
> Aureliane came up with the courtesy addresses.
>
> I hope I'm clear.
>
> Clare
> Moritu - Khanate Dancing Tyger
>
>
>
>
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