[lit-ideas] Re: Mirembe...Ny Times...eternitytime

Peter Junger wrote:

But then, of course,the word "person," when translated back into German, 
is a rather
unflattering word for a woman---a lady of good family might well refer 
to a shopgirl
as "diese Person."

Wasn't the same true in Britain (and for all I know, Boston) until not 
too long ago. 'Madame, there is a _person_ here to see you,' i.e., 
someone from the lower orders.

Robert Paul
Reed College

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