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| =Forms of address=
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| *The following titles are used as indicated:
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| **''àisámas'' (revered mother) - form of address used by a younger person to an older woman.
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| **''àisápas'' (revered father) - form of address used by a younger person to an older man.
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| **''boȝsų́nus''(esteemed son) - form of address used by an older person to a younger man.
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| **''boȝðúqus'' (esteemed daughter) - form of address used by an older person to a younger woman.
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| *Within the individual communities, adults address each other by their first names. However, when in another community, whether of their own people or of another, the following titles are used.
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| **''susǧénus'' (goodwife), Mrs. – form of address used by a noble to a non-noble woman and by non-nobles to each other.
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| **''susṁíṙus'' (goodman) Mr. – form of address used by a noble to a non-noble man and by non-nobles to each other.
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| =Modesty=
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| *Among all the Peoples genital modesty is the norm. One never appears in public with the genitals exposed. There are four exceptions:
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| **The Pyrans and the Lithans bathe in their communal bathhouses in the nude, but with the sexes separated.
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| **The Hydorans do swim in the nude.
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| **The Xylans wear no clothing, but many, out of respect, carry with them a loincloth to wear should they meet any of the other Peoples.
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| **Weather permitting, children up to the age of three years are not clothed indoors.
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| *Among the five Loquent Peoples that have females, only the Hydoran women will appear bare-breasted in public, but then only amongst their own kind.
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| =Bodily functions=
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| *Defecation among all the Peoples is done in private. Urination is also done in private, though it need not be.
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| *The Xylans are the most “natural” of the Peoples. There is no taboo against defecating or urinating in the presence of another, although, out of respect, they do not perform these functions in the presence of the other Peoples.
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