[lbo-talk] 265 cracks of the whip

[Jim Devine]

Justin  wrote:
> Sacher-Masoch (author of the masochist classic Venus
> in Furs) was a Ritter, a Knight (in England you's call
> him Sir, unless you were Wanda, in which case you'd
> call him Worm), not a Marquis. His name and title are
> Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, the title comes from
> his noble Ukrainian mother, His father was a commoner,
> a police chief.

for what it's worth, I was playing with words when I called him a "Marquis."
-- 
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way
and let people talk.) -- Karl M., paraphrasing Dante A.