On Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:36:42 -0900 Pat <mathews@UNM.EDU> wrote:
> I just had a marvelous idea for part of a science fiction story. You have
> a culture with two forms of address. One is used for adults, especially
> in a professional context. The other is used for children, dogs,
> inferiors, and descendants of former slaves. A person - probably a Silent
> Generation equivalent - is reared hearing the respectful form used to
> everyone except children like hers - and comes of age in a world where
> she is constantly addressed by the contemptuous form even in the most
> professional of circumstances. i.e. "Hablas tu, Pattikins, why do you
> want to be on the Supreme Court?"
>
> For 50 brownie points or more - what is wrong with this *strictly as a
> Science Fiction* idea?
could it be that fiction is supposed to be fictional?
Edrie Sobstyl
School of Arts and Humanities
University of Texas at Dallas
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(972) 883-2365
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