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i'm a player that's recently used 'ser' as a title, but i did it because of what the other anon said, i had no idea what to call them and while 'my lord' and 'ser' are actually appropriate, until there's actual introduction or whatnot, i err on the side of caution. a character that doesn't know another character using 'ser' or 'my lord' should be corrected, like most non-knights do when they're addressed as 'ser' or 'my lord' in the series. if my character isn't corrected in a thread, my character won't stop calling them that.

that's stupid, though. your character would not go out of their way to call someone 'ser' simply because it's a class issue - by falsely attributing rank, you are disrespecting the class you are referencing and potentially the person you are speaking to. unlike lord/ladyship, which sycophancy allows characters to call when referring to anyone above their own station, 'ser' is exclusive to a very well-defined (and limited) group of people. unless people are outright introduced as knights, your character wouldn't assume that to be their position.

there are very many ways to (im)politely address people in Westeros, depending on your character's breeding/speech patters. defaulting to 'ser' just makes it seem as if you're not willing to do a bit of thinking on the issue.

that depends on who you're playing. sansa, for instance, addresses several male warriors as "ser" because she tends to default to thinking all great warriors must be knights, and because she's trying to be demurely polite and stroke the dude's ego.

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