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kuuntuli -> RE: The difference... (1/16/2008 12:08:22 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Justme696
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ORIGINAL: kuuntuli
Good! Following protocols is not my strongest side. :D
can you answer the second part of my post too please ;) I am curious
I'm sorry, I didn't notice it first.
What I mean is, I don't usually call anyone a master unless they are master of something or someone.
He is my master so I call him master. But that doesn't mean anyone else has to, nor does he ask them to.
The only other time I'd call someone master, if they are indeed a master in some skill or art, or if I talk about them in relation to someone else, i.e. "Hello Jane, how are you and your master?". But I would not call "Jane's" master a master when talking to him directly, and if I was talking about him to someone who knows his name I would more likely use that.
I think the way I see it is, that the term master assumes an objective (I'll have to check if this is the right word, I don't remember the linguistic terminology in English) and is always related to something. Actually, now that I think of it, I feel the same way about the word slave. I know this may contradict to what I wrote in that other thread (about sub/slave) but I'm really tired now and that always makes me a bit confusing to follow.
Did this clarify at all?
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