(11-28-2015, 04:23 PM)Lyse Crofte Wrote: As to the previous topic, I imagine it might just be a shift in persons or how they're treating someone to shift from Ser to Lady. Like Jim might call her Ser and Bill might call her Lady, or Jim decided that things had shifted and decided to call her Lady instead of Ser from now on.
Sir / Ser is used generally when authority is given to the subject by someone else. You would say 'yes Sir' to a military officer, manager, task master, knight, or the like.
Lord / Lady is used when authority is given to the subject by yourself. Someone who has authority simply because you recognize it as such. "My Lord" / "My Lady" you would say to a king or queen, magistrate, baron, wealthy merchant, other nobility, or even a simple customer if you were working retail because you have placed yourself under them.
