Why does jane austen use shire

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As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. All Rights Reserved. When Elizabeth and her aunt and uncle travel to Derbyshire, they stay in the village of Lambton, a few miles from Darcy's Pemberly, which is also in Derbyshire.

I guess my real question was this, then, why don't they just write the full name? It actually says "shire". It sort of appears that it has deleted the first part of the word. Is it an expletive that needed to be deleted at some point in time after her writing the novel?

Baloo55th Answer has 5 votes. Baloo55th 19 year member replies Answer has 5 votes. Currently voted the best answer. Ah, yes Godlike, he selects cities about to fall, commandeers planes and jeeps, arranges recreation houses for officers and men, and appears among the first troops to enter the city The ancient Hebrews used synonyms instead of God's actual name, which they considered too sacred to utter.

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