Being enigmatic

[caddyman]

What is the proper form of address for a Cardinal, if you are speaking to him face-to-face? Does anyone out there know?

I'm not likely to meet one, you understand, but I'm writing something from the viewpoint of someone who is....

Comments

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Your excellence.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Eminence, even. Stoopid spel chequers...

D'oh!

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

As soon as Paul mentioned it, I kicked myself! :-)

[pauln.livejournal.com]

"Your Eminence" iirc

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Good God. How could I forget that, as a fan of the Three Musketeers?

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

One should indeed be careful what one write.
And who one hands it to.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Writes, even. I give up.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

It are gud you give up. Sometime type not weork proper.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

my tip is not werk

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

You can get cream for that.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Noone has that much cream

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I am officially stumped for a response to that.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

I win!

[pauln.livejournal.com]

I'm still found of the Round the Horne take on it:

"Your Majesty, Cardinal Richelieu, the Eminence Grise, is here to see you"
"Oh, right then. Come in, Your Greasy Eminence"

[lupercal.livejournal.com]

I concur with pauln.

[pauln.livejournal.com]

As does Wikipaedia, I'm pleased to say. :)

[kneeshooter]

"Die codebreaker"?

[irdm.livejournal.com]

That made Oi larf!

[romney.livejournal.com]

How about:

"Hail Eris, All hail Discordia!"

or

"Good day Grand Master"

or

"Hand over the Da Vinci Code!"

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

But does one add the colour or not?

Being enigmatic

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

That would be "your eminence".

[littleonions.livejournal.com]

Daddy?

[drjohnsilence.livejournal.com]

Away with you, you Popish prelate?

See Article XXIX, I think.