Date:  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 15:56:00 +0000
From:  Lynne Murphy <M_Lynne_Murphy[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BAYLOR.EDU>
Subject: squires

does anybody actually call anybody else 'squire'? all my dictionaries
give the sense of a judge/lawyer/justice of the peace, but don't list
it as being archaic, but i've never heard it used except jokingly.
(and do lawyers seriously put 'esquire' after their names--is this a
regional thing?)

have enjoyed all the press on DARE. if the S volume does get funding,
then i won't have to ask you such questions...

lynne
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M. Lynne Murphy
Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English
Baylor University
PO Box 97404
Waco, TX 76798