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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Peter Wimsey Question
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Date: Mon, 27-Aug-84 22:58:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 27 22:58:51 1984
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[pearls before swine]

>>	In other words, she finally accepts his proposal.  I think
>>	'magister' is an inaccurate quote;  It means 'master' and is
>>	the term used by those with degrees to address one another (in
>>	Latin); the feminine form escapes me.

The feminine form is of course "magistra."  This has no bearing on
degreed scholars, since women did not take degrees; but the term
was subsequently used by schoolboys to address a schoolmaster.

I have no idea whether the quote is accurate, or what (if anything) it
alludes to.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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