I assume from the posts in this thread that “Coventry” is not in common use in the USA?
“Shunning” is, I guess, a fairly standard use of the word and “disconnection” is exactly the kind of psychobollocks you’d expect from Scientologists.
thanks
bj0rn - please continue
TomH - always enjoy your posts, but gotta say I just lurve the term ‘psychobollocks’. ‘Psychobabble’ could just be supermarket checkout magazine inanities. But psychobollocks…now there’s a word I never knew the language was missing till now.
Coventry - I have no sources for this, just anecdote (from, as coincidence would have it, the walking tour historian I mentioned in the ‘What to do in London’ thread).
In the Middle Ages, if someone erred big time, particularly an apprentice, they would try to get out of the reach of their master, his guild, and their punishment. Their friends and family might assist. Coventry was the nearest large city outside the power of London then. Hence, the fugitive went (or was sent) to Coventry, exiled from contact with their former peers.
Any takers?
bj0rn
Well done for knowing what IIRC means. Not so well done for assuming the information was intended for you, rather than addressing a question raised in the OP.
Russell