Men At Arms

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Terry has admitted that the Duke of Eorl’s conversational style was a bit of a dig at the way discussions on the net are typically held. People posting to Usenet newsgroups will often prefix even the most dogmatic monologues or megalomaniacal statements with the words “In my humble opinion…”, in a (usually futile) attempt to render themselves invulnerable to criticism. The qualifier is used so often on the net that it even has its own acronym: ‘IMHO’, so you won’t have to type so much when you use it.