Another thing I found rather odd in the letter was on page 31 “nor were they ever permitted to call each other by their proper names without the addition of brother or sister.” Nowadays I don’t know anyone who calls their sibling “brother” or “brother Jacob” (unless you count Buster in the tv series Arrested Development). The relationship between siblings today is a rather casual one, usually including nicknames for each other not calling each other by their family relationship. The addition of the title “brother” or “Sister” to one’s name brought about the image of a monastery or an Abbey in my mind. --Megan Mc.

Another thing I found rather odd in the letter was on page 31 “nor were they ever permitted to call each other by their proper names without the addition of brother or sister.” Nowadays I don’t know anyone who calls their sibling “brother” or “brother Jacob” (unless you count Buster in the tv series Arrested Development). The relationship between siblings today is a rather casual one, usually including nicknames for each other not calling each other by their family relationship. The addition of the title “brother” or “Sister” to one’s name brought about the image of a monastery or an Abbey in my mind. --Megan Mc.