the theocratic followers of the Prophets Incarnate are "Angels of the Lord";
in post-Revolutionary society, it is polite to ask others if you can do them a service and this is abbreviated to "Service" (maybe because there was a successful pre-Revolutionary company called "General Services").
In Poul Anderson's Psychotechnic History, in the White American Church colony on Ganymede, a man is introduced as "'Angel-three Garson'" and the visiting Planetary Engineers are asked:
"'Can we do y'all a service?'"
-The Snows Of Ganymede, Chapter 4, p. 24.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Analogous to us saying, in similar circumstances, "How may we help you?"
Sean
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