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When is it proper to refer to one's (business) superior as "Guv'nor?" This was often a form of address used in the book Black Beauty, and it confused me quite a bit, because none of the people so addressed were ever elected to public office ... I also saw it used on the TV show, Life on Mars, where the head of the detective division was called "Guv" a lot.
The other thing, this is old usage ... why would initials followed by a line be used in novels, where obviously things were made up anyway, to refer to the Countess of S---- or the Baronet of Q----- ?
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