[...]he addresses all and sundry with old-fashioned politen… - Norman Lewis

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[...]he addresses all and sundry with old-fashioned politeness as lei.

Norman Lewis

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Norman Lewis (28 June 1908 – 22 July 2003) was an influential British journalist and a prolific travel author.

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Alternative Names: John Frederick Norman Lewis

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[...]everybody used the polite form of address lei instead of the Fascists’ forthright Roman voi.

[...]he addresses all and sundry with old-fashioned politeness as lei. - Norman Lewis

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