Sir Patrick Stewart 324
david.emery was one of a few folks who noted that Patrick Stewart can now be referred to as Sir Captain as he will be knighted by the Queen. This should bring balance to any future X-Men movies.
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Pedantic, but... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Abolishment? (Score:3, Informative)
More pedantic, but... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Obligatory (Score:5, Informative)
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For those in the UK, it is available on BBC iPlayer until January 2. linky [bbc.co.uk].
Re:er what? (Score:3, Informative)
No. Knights are always Sir + first name.
Re:Pedantic, but... (Score:5, Informative)
And to be further pedantic, he's not really a captain, so "Captain Sir" isn't actually appropriate. Appropriate forms of address would also include "Sir Patrick", and "Sir Patrick Stewart", but not "Sir Stewart".
Re:Obligatory (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Abolishment? (Score:5, Informative)
Actually, a major reason the Brits keep the monarchy around is that it makes about as much in tourism as it costs them. It's not just silly tradition.
That and you can give people cool titles, which by contrast the US Constitution strictly forbids.
Re:I now dub thee night (Score:3, Informative)
night
In English We spell it with a 'K', so "I now dub thee Knight" is correct (but We don't pronounce the "K" -- go figure).
Re:More pedantic, but... (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:Obligatory (Score:3, Informative)
But for us common folks, Picard was his most interesting work.
Re:From an American Point of View (Score:2, Informative)
An interesting point is that as she's queen independently in each of the realms, theoretically even if the UK abolished the monarchy she could just up and settle somewhere else retaining all the other territories.
Re:From an American Point of View (Score:3, Informative)
Perhaps it's like Captain Carrot - a king should remain hidden in the background
That's Captain Ironfoundersson to you, Lance-Constable!
Re:From an American Point of View (Score:3, Informative)