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Sir Patrick Stewart

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the welcome-to-the-holiday dept.

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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  1. Pedantic, but... by tomtomtom · · Score: 5, Informative

    The correct order to put the two in would be "Captain Sir", not "Sir Captain"

    1. Re:Pedantic, but... by tverbeek · · Score: 4, 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".

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  2. Re:Obligatory by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Neither is Bill Gates, but he was knighted. Patrick Stewart, however, almost certainly didn't get his award for being on Star Trek. He was a member of the RSC for a long time before he was Piccard and his recent performance of Hamlet was sold out over its entire run a long time before it started, and was also televised by the BBC on Christmas day.

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  3. Re:Obligatory by Ma8thew · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bill Gates was not knighted, he was given an honorary knighthood (so he is not entitled to use Sir in front of his name).

  4. Re:Abolishment? by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, 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.

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