(urth) lots of stuff

Ryan Dunn ryan at liftingfaces.com
Fri Jul 9 19:06:17 PDT 2010


On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:50 PM, António Pedro Marques wrote:

>> (Somebody asked why /Father/ Inire.  I still want to know.
> 
> Why are Latin Rite priests 'fathers'? They're not supposed to be producing children.
> Maybe someone that old and important in the Commmonwealth should be called Father.
> But the reason, that I see, is that the whole FI is a title. Inire does not look like a proper name to me. And when people refer to someone of such importance, they don't use proper names. They won't do it for the Autarch - he may be externally referred to by name, but not generally, I think - and they won't do it for the Autarch's vizier.
> That raises the question - what's the meaning of FI?


Maybe FI is actually a permutation of another word/phrase...

Father in Ire
Inherit Fear
Fire in Earth
Fainter Heir
In Their Fear

I dunno. Just a thought?

...ryan


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