Re: A new style of address for cats.

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:39:20 +0000, James Coupe
<james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said in
<EhzFQJ0ocBfJFw1Z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

The usage of right honourable is dying out outside the UK; various
members of the commonwealth no longer have ties to the UK Privy Council,
and only some members have retained the "right honourable" styling in
their own way.

Interesting. In the UK, as you suggest, it only ever applied to
members of the Privy Council anyway. Which is the cue for a whole
lot of bad jokes about Her Majesty's lavatorial arrangements (which
are somewhat singular - the old Wembley Stadium had a loo reserved
for the sole use of Her Majesty).

Guy
--
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
[Proverbs 1:25]
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