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Victorian England etiquette - timing for being on a first name basis |
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Nov 4, 2009 - 07 59 |
My FMC has just been introduced to 2 MC's and will be going out walking with them individually for the first time. They've met her father. How soon after the walks would the F and MMCs be on a first name basis with each other? Altho it's awkward crafting dialogue with Mr., Miss and Major in it, is it necessary til they become engaged or just better acquainted? Thanks, Allie M. |
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Nov 5, 2009 - 05 03
Use of the title and the surname will continue even during marriage in company. Unless they are related it is rare for men and women to address each other by their first names. I think they may have been able to use them after they were betrothed - but they are not likely, if of good family, to have gone walking alone with the male MCs - unless chaperoned by another older female, a servant, or a member of her family
Think too that Major Willoughby Brandon is three words, while Willy is only one...
It all adds up.
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Nov 5, 2009 - 10 28
I hadn't thought of that! Thanks!
Allie
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Nov 5, 2009 - 12 57
Didn't know that - and I'm writing Victorian stuff, too. Only in St. Augustine. Is it about the same there, or unique to England?
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Nov 5, 2009 - 15 32
Um - I don't know. It will depend on class and time, and .... where is St Augustine?
The best way is to look at books written in the period - they are usually good pointers to what the manners and expectations were.
----------2005: The Cheese Gate Guard
2006: The Heron's Bridge
2007: Fair Warning
2009: Valley of Thorns