Since arriving in Canada on July 21st, I’ve been going to some supermarkets. I’ve seen lots of diversity and casual manners of self-presentation among the legacy population. Tis not a pretty sight. Having spent so much time in Chinese malls and supermarkets, walking into a Canadian supermarket is disconcerting. It will take some time for me to get accustomed to the once familiar, now eerily exotic sights.
I saw that the supermarkets still sold magazines. One magazine cover for an issue dedicated to King Charles used the words “Our majesty” . I found this to be a strange use of a possessive with the word “majesty.” I would have expected King Charles to be called “his majesty.”; as his mother was called “her majesty.” Is the use of “our” meant to deny Charles’ maleness as has become the fashion among present-day progressives?
Can I even bring this question up now that I am in Canada?
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