[Discuss] Increasing gender awareness

[Josiah Allen]

On 10/17/06, LilWolf <bmdiscuss at lilwolf.biz> wrote:
>
> Thomas Dalton wrote:
> >
> > Yes, usage of words changes over the centuries - sometimes by quite a
> > lot. Mistress is the full form of Mrs., so think about how you'd use
> > Mrs. when you want to think about the medieval usage.
> >
> >
>
> Well, yes, but you do have to consider how people see the words meaning
> today. I know a few female players didn't take the addition of Dame
> without comments as they saw its meaning a bit negative. Though
> explaining it did make them see the reason why it was added and it died
> down from there.
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Perhaps Tom should change the goodies.

instead of Sir or Lady, the characters could add "the Magnificant" or some
other cool thing to their name if they pay up.

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