Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Honorifics
FLG usually refers to revered historical figures bestowed the honorific of "the Great" in English. Alexander the Great. Catherine the Great. Raja Raja the Great. He, however, always refers to Pompey as Pompey Magnus. He thinks it odd.
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To be truly accurate, you should say Pompeius Magnus.
Don't think that escaped me when I called it odd.
I call him Pompeius Magnus, but I do sometimes call him Pompey the Great. I'd never mix them like you do, though. I would also find it strange if you called Marcus Antonius Marcus Antony or Mark Antonius.
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