Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and

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On 19/11/97 at 09:21 AM, Maddy <maddy#fysh,org> said:
>Previously, Mike Sellers wrote....
>> 
>> At 10:05 AM 11/18/97 PST8PDT, Matt Chatterley wrote:

>Well there is no real easy way you can tell someones rank just by looking
>at them - remember the tale of the Prince and the Pauper?  I'd be fairly
>annoyed if I was given the description that told everyone I was king,
>when I was dressed in rags and trying to get a feel of what the local
>populous thought of me.

The beads and braids on Niven's Puppeteers come to mind, as do minor
details of behaviour in most Easter and Wester cultures, where
characteristics of pronunciation, mannerisms, and behaviour can key
someone as being of a certain class.

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