"Con Don o Sin Don"

[Xosé Manuel Alvariño]

In a message dated 4/26/2003 12:50:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
p.pannevisaCHELLO.NL writes:

> Don means Sir or master!

Hmmm.....I think "Don,"  meant more "Mr."  My grandad was a gallego farmer 
and I remember him being addessed as "Don...."     "Amo" was used for 
"Master," for example, by slaves.   The wordage was also used: Señor 
Don.......

> Here's an anecdote about this "Don" business.... When slavery was abolished 
> in Cuba in the XIX cent. (the next to the last country in the Americas to 
> do so) ,a strong polemic ensued as to whether former slaves should be 
> addressed as "Don." So, a theatre piece (comedy) was written, very popular 
> at the time, with the name: "Con Don o Sin Don." Interesting play on words, 
> which evolved in time...(Excuse me for saying it, dude, but what does that 
> have to do with anything? Hmmmm).
> 
> Xosé Manuel, Miami

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