Speaking the Names of the Free:
You may easily say the names of Free in emoting. For example:
Free: “Who owns you?”
Slave: <tosses head back revealing her Master’s collar, which reads “ARI BLACKTHORNE”>
Slave amongst many Free: <looks to Master Ari, smiling brightly> “greetings, Master”
If in doubt – and the Free has a title and you know it, address them that way:
Slave amongst many Free: <looks to Master Adminstrator, smiling brightly> “greetings, Master”
REFERENCE:
Slave girls, on Gor, address all free men as master, though, of course, only one such would be her true master. NOMADS OF GOR; 4; Page 60
“Slave,” said Ho-Hak.
“Yes,” said I, “—Master.” The word came bitterly to me. But a Gorean slave addresses all free men as Master, all free women as Mistress, though, of course, normally but one would own him. RAIDERS OF GOR; 6; Page 24
“Yes, Master,” she said, darting back down the gangplank. She went below the wharf and, standing on stones, washed her feet in the water. Slave girls on Gor address all free men as Master, all free women as Mistress. HUNTERS OF GOR; 8; Page 65
“Hassan!” screamed Alyena, from below.
I smiled to myself. She had dared to soil the name of her master by putting it on her lips which, though beautiful, were only those of a slave. Girls are not, commonly, permitted to speak the name of their master. He is addressed as, or responded to, as “Master” or “my Master.” If Hassan survived, he would. I suspected, well beat her for this lapse. Some masters, it might be noted, however, permit the girl to speak their name, if it is accompanied by an acknowledgement of title, as in, say, “Hassan, Master,” or “Hassan, my Master.” Hassan, however, was not so lenient; he had, as yet, not permitted his pretty Alyena this liberty. I had little doubt, should he survive, the lovely, little wench would be well whipped for her oversight, her agonized outburst, bordering on insolence. TRIBESMEN OF GOR; 10; Page 183
[NOTE: This means you may speak the name of YOUR Master, if He allows it.]
“May I call you Tarl?” she asked.
“Only if given permission,” I told her. This was normal Gorean slave custom. Generally, of course, such permission is not even asked, and, if asked would be denied. Sometimes a girl is whipped for even daring to ask this permission.
“A girl asks permission to call her Master by his name,” she said.
“It is denied,” I said.
“Yes, Master,” she said.
I would not permit the slave girl to speak my name. It is not fitting that the name of the master be soiled by being touched by the lips of a slave girl.”
TRIBESMEN OF GOR; 10; Page 360
Goreans do not generally favor begging, and some regard it as an insult that there should be such, an insult to them and their city. When charity is in order, as when a man cannot work or a woman is alone, usually such is arranged through the caste organization, but sometimes through the clan, which is not specifically caste oriented but depends on ties of blood through the fifth degree. If one, of course, finds oneself in effect without caste or clan, as was perhaps the case with the small fool named Hup, and one cannot work, one’s life is likely to be miserable and not of great length. Moreover, Goreans are extremely sensitive about names, and who may speak them. Indeed, some, particularly those of low caste, even have use names, concealing their true names, lest they be discovered by enemies and used to conjure spells against them. Similarly, slaves, on the whole, do not address free men by their names. Kuurus surmised that Portus, doubtless a man of importance, had been troubled by the little fool Hup on more than one occasion, and had now decided to do away with him. ASSASSIN OF GOR; 5; Pages 11-12
Tasdron, with a snapping of his fingers calling Peggy to her feet, removed his collar from about her neck, and she ran to stand, head down, deferential and bound, near Callimachus. I threw Aemilianus the key to the collar of Shirley, and he removed it from her. I myself took the steel of my collar from Lola’s throat.
“Thank you for giving me to Calliodorus,” she said.
“Serve him well,” I said.
“I shall. I shall!” she said.
Slave girls, of course, may speak the name of their masters to others, for example, as in locutions such as, “I am the girl of Calliodorus of Port Cos,” or “I come from the house of Calliodorus.” It is only that they are seldom, in addressing the master himself, permitted to use his name. He is usually addressed simply as “Master,” or as “my Master.”
GUARDSMAN OF GOR; 16; Pages 270
