We need to recultivate our love of eccentrics. In UK, at least, there was an honoured place for them & we forgave them their idiosyncrasies
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And not only one's own place but everyone else's too & give them their due as well as keeping up with approved terminology.
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I could actually write an essay making a comparison between this & the complex etiquette required under feudalism.
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A couple of years ago, we were studying the etiquette of 16th century letter-writing & all the information available if u know where to look
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Did they waste any paper? Paper was expensive. Wasting it was a way of showing superiority so offence could be taken if an inferior did it.
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How far down is the signature? Right below body of the text?, Similar social status. Far below? An inferior showing deference.
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Classmates all marvelling at trying to remember all this so as to 'stay in your lane.' I thought at the time we have our own version.
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Fortunately, the great thing about eccentrics is their refusal to give a fuck..
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