http://extemporanea.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] extemporanea.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] freckles_and_doubt 2006-10-25 09:17 am (UTC)

< pedant > Interesting. My reading in early 20C British lit, and classics such as Pratchett, suggests that Percy and Rupert are slang terms for a British army officer, not just a soldier. "Jack", on the other hand, tends to refer to the lower ranks only. < /pedant >

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