[Sca-cooks] dominatrix

[Elaine Koogler]

That's ok...people here have been referring to me as "Mistress2", which I guess
means that I'm a peer squared...or a square peer....hmmmmmm........

Kiri

"Laura C. Minnick" wrote:

> "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...
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