[Sca-cooks] dominatrix

[Laura C. Minnick]

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:
>
> Try "Domina".  IIRC, it is the feminine form of the Latin, "Dominus,"
> meaning lord or master and I believe it can be used as a proper Latin or
> Italian title.  I think you will also find it is as common as Dominatrix on
> the S&M circuit.

And as usual Bear is oh so knowledgable! ;-)

Actually, Domina is already in use as an alternate for Lady- my
Greco-Roman student has been using it for some time.

If lightning ever strikes and I am elevated (and we will harvest the
pork in the trees for our morning breakfast bacon) I am planning to use
the title 'Domna'. It is Southern French, as in Languedoc, and has it's
origins on the Troubadour movement. 'Domna' was the name given to the
woman in the classic Courtly Love tradition- it is a feminized vesion of
the masculine term of lordship, and indicated that the female has the
status and power of a male overlord. Rather like our modern 'Madame
Ambassador'. Meg Bogin has a lot to say about the language, and I think
that Paolo Cherchi addresses the issue also (couldn't swear to it- those
books are of course- all together now- 120 miles away...).

'Lainie
-my two GoAs make me a LadyLadyShipShip, which means I'm a flotilla,
right? but not docked to a Peer...