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Old August 20, 2010, 01:47 PM
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Oh Lord! Oh Lord!
I was surprised to become "knighted" overnight, but maybe it is just my delusion...

When someone gets 'knighted' is he then "Sir"?

What is exactly "Lord"?

I understand Random House 5. may apply... I take, to me somewhat in a facetious manner... "a titled nobleman or peer; a person whose ordinary appellation contains by courtesy the title Lord or some higher title."

Does that mean that now I'd have to behave accordingly?
Well, thank you for the distinction...
I feel truly honored.
(I'll try to live up to it!)
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Congratulations, sir!
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Congratulations, sir!
Oh dear me. A knight is addressed as Sir, and a Lord is addressed as My Lord. What a terrible social faux pas.
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Oh dear me. A knight is addressed as Sir, and a Lord is addressed as My Lord. What a terrible social faux pas.
Not in the United States. We like to call important people "sir". We're not really into all of those silly class distinctions.
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I was surprised to become "knighted" overnight, but maybe it is just my delusion...
Ennobled, not knighted.

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When someone gets 'knighted' is he then "Sir"?
A man, yes (unless he has some higher rank as well). Although technically a woman cannot be knighted, the term might be used informally of the conferral of the rank of Dame.

The style of a knight is Sir Firstname or Sir Firstname Surname, and not Sir Surname.

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What is exactly "Lord"?

I understand Random House 5. may apply... I take, to me somewhat in a facetious manner... "a titled nobleman or peer; a person whose ordinary appellation contains by courtesy the title Lord or some higher title."
Per se a man holding the rank of Baron or higher. However, it's used as a kind of intensifier in some titles - e.g. Lord Mayor - which don't imply rank.
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Old August 20, 2010, 02:51 PM
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Thank you all, Milords and Miladies...
I'll have to practice all the proper etiquette... starting with what the word means...
But I knew I could count with the British nobility and the American aristocracy... to get some things clarified...

(Deep down we are all "pueblo llano" = ordinary people, and everybody is born "equal"...) (But what happens in this planet and this sector of the Galaxy is that "some people" are "more equal" than others! )
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English idiom: we all put our pants on one leg at a time.
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Right!
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Well, there's another English idiom that expresses the sentiment a bit better, but I don't think it's appropriate in a public forum....
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Mmm...
I take that is the reason Don Quixote says "huele... y no a ámbar" when Sancho gets too-too scared.
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I think you know the idiom of which I speak, milord.....
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Well, maybe not the exact wording... but I kind of got "telepathically" the idea... (Like Perikles said in one of his clever posts... "All the ones in the audience who believe in telekinesis make my right arm to raise...")
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I like that we're telepathic now..........
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I was surprised to become "knighted" overnight, but maybe it is just my delusion...

When someone gets 'knighted' is he then "Sir"?

What is exactly "Lord"?

I understand Random House 5. may apply... I take, to me somewhat in a facetious manner... "a titled nobleman or peer; a person whose ordinary appellation contains by courtesy the title Lord or some higher title."

Does that mean that now I'd have to behave accordingly?
Well, thank you for the distinction...
I feel truly honored.
(I'll try to live up to it!)

Don't worry man.

The question is.

Are you a lord truly?

Yes I guess because you have reached the knighted title in the forums.

I don't know anything about your question but I want to revere you with title.

Lord JPablo.

Or Sir Pablo.

Do you need something else for your dinner?
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Old August 20, 2010, 08:44 PM
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Vale CrOTalito,
¡Tú eres entonces el Rey!
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Well, maybe not the exact wording... but I kind of got "telepathically" the idea... (Like Perikles said in one of his clever posts... "All the ones in the audience who believe in telekinesis make my right arm to raise...")

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
Lord Chesterfield

I love your wit Lord JPablo...

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Well, thank you very much. I appreciate your admiration and it is reciprocal...
Awesome Lord Chesterfield quotation!

Thank you for sharing yours too!

Man in affinity with man, survives, and that survival is pleasure... L. Ron Hubbard.
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Vale CrOTalito,
¡Tú eres entonces el Rey!
Thank for the accomplishment.
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I kind of like "Some turds float to the top and some sink to the bottom but in the end they all get flushed."

But I believe it's more of what you do with your time on Earth. Some people have it easier than others, that's true, but there have been many men who started with nothing and made something of it, and some of us started with nothing and still have a little bit of it left.
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And some who "have it easier" don't necessarily "grow". I know some people who have had such difficult lives I can't begin to imagine ... and they are some of the happiest (and most wonderful) people I've ever met.....
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