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DoctorGuvnor t1_itk8sgz wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:11 AM

Reply to comment by jefrye in The way people speak in The Count of Monte Cristo. Can someone explain? by foxdna

You will find in Boswell's book on Dr Johnson that Johnson habitually uses 'Sir' even when being really, really rude and verbally vicious. "Your wife, sir, while pretending to run a bawdy house is actually a receiver of stolen property'. (1709-1784)