Re: Titles in conlangs (was: Re: "Madam"/"Madame" Chair/man/person (was: Umlauts))

Isidora Zamora scripsit:

> Trehelish judges are called by a title that roughly
> translates to "Lord."  So far, so good.  The problem is that Trehelish
> civil servants can be female as well as male, and there are female judges
> (one of whom figures prominantly in my story.)  So what do you call a
> female judge?  In English, the feminine of "Lord" is "Lady," and that does
> not give quite the effect that I was going for.
Well, in England female judges are called "Your Ladyship" and in the vocative
it's "My Lady", quite parallel to "Your Lordship"/"My Lord".  Plural is
"Your Lordships" no matter of what gender.

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