Talk:Courtier

IPA

An IPA transcription would be helpful, since the pronunciation of the word doesn't necessary follow English spelling convention.--Tabun1015 14:37, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

An IPA transcription has been added, but it appears to be for a pronunciation that isn't frequently used. L234kkk1 (talk) 01:31, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Politeness and politics

The article cited a shared etymological relationship between "politeness" and "politician". I thought this was odd, so I checked in an online etymology dictionary, and the two words are not described as having a shared origin ("polite" comes from politus, meaning "refined, elegant", while "politic" is from politicus and means "of citizens or the state"). I have removed the statement until a reference can be provided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordan Gray (talk • contribs) 17:42, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

E Burke

Paine called Burke a COURTIER. Perhaps there should be a mention of Burke. Just a thought. --130.217.76.77 (talk) 22:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Opinion

"Promotion to important positions could be very rapid at court, and for the ambitious there was no better place to be." This is an opinion and should not be included in an encyclopedic entry. This should be restated.

173.189.15.209 (talk) 14:44, 22 July 2011 (UTC)Trish Hunt

Referenced, yes. But it seems a pretty anodyne & uncontroversial statement to me. Do you have any examples, with references, of courts that were shunned by the ambitious? Johnbod (talk) 22:20, 22 July 2011 (UTC)