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Maple

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Fri Jan-14-05 06:45 PM
Response to Reply #43

50. A 'sir' and a 'lord'

are two quite different things.

There is an aristocracy in the UK with hereditary titles. The Queen can also make someone a Duke, Baron, Earl and so on today for service to the country.

A knight is a very low order of this, and only has the title Sir.

Ronald Reagan was knighted, and chose not to use the honourific in the US.

An aristocracy is banned in Canada, which is why Conrad Black gave up his Canadian citizenship and moved to the UK, when he was offered a title...a move the UK no doubt regrets now. However we were happy to get rid of him. ;)

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