drow zelensky: oh no absolutely no. if there is one thing i will not do it's police how people from countries without something as insane as a nobility arrange the words in conjunctions that include "sir" and "lord" and even "keir"

oh no absolutely no. if there is one thing i will not do it's police how people from countries without something as insane as a nobility arrange the words in conjunctions that include "sir" and "lord" and even "keir"

Americans, feel free to refer to him as Keith for all I fuckin care.

The new Kia Sorento, tastefully equipped at $29,500

I did not watch my buddies die face first in the mud at Lexington and Concord to ever dignify them with correct honorifics and titles

Look, I know there are whips and a big black rod and people who have to be addressed as Sir, and that’s OK, but I think we can show respect for their lifestyle choices without having to actually adopt them.

what does he starm anyway

No, it's that he's *more* starm.

Keirs, it’s right in the name. I’m still trying to work out what that is exactly but so far I’ve gathered it’s a British delicacy of boiled hog snout and beef blood.

i call him Keef

I call him “that fucking haircut cosplaying as working class again.”

Is it fine to just call him The Haircut?

If you like, sure.

so many words tho!

I just realised that the Dude would say I’m not into the whole brevity thing.

for me i like expressing the maximum amount of meaning in as few words as possible

fucking keef

I call him 'Kiefer Sutherland'

“This asshole”, as in

What about Kiefer, the closest American name and also privately a socialist with a proclivity for torturing brown people and Palestinians?

I apologize to Kiefer Sutherland, who at least only tortured actors and did not, as far as I know, defend the blockade of Gaza. www.lbc.co.uk/news/sir-kei...

Israel 'has the right' to withhold power and water from Gaza, says Sir Keir Starmerwww.lbc.co.uk Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has decried the actions of Hamas as ‘terrorism’ and said Israel has the “right to defend herself.”

if there is one traditional aspect of being American I live by, it’s absolutely refusing to acknowledge or play along with British royalty and nobility bullshit

If you want me to call you "Sir whatever" you'd better show me the head of the dragon you slew because as far as I am concerned that is the only way someone can be addressed as a knight.

I don't respect anyone who poaches endangered species, AKAB

Yes 99.99% of the time. I’m okay using Sir with Sean Connery.

Elton John gets a pass too

Sir Pat Stew on the short list

Dame Judy Dench is in that August company.

Sir Mix-a-Lot is definitely Sir.

And his pal Sir Ian McKellen?

Considering that almost all the modern Knights and Dames are some kind of artist or creative, I'm willing to let the Sir thing slide in general.

My brain will immediately jump from "Sir Keir" to "Lady Miss Kier" and I'm just going to have to live with that.

The only ones who've earned being called by a title are the ones who'd rather you didn't call them by one.

This is actually one of my thought experiment examples of why “Sir” doesn’t work. Who says “Sir Elton”? “I’m going to buy some tickets to the Sir Elton concert.” “Perhaps I’ll pop down to the haberdasher and purchase Sir Elton’s latest single.” Those are sentences that ride a velocipede.

Hmmmm... I'll allow it:

Fuck I gotta watch that movie again

I was thinking that too, forgot what a massive kick I got out of it.

To be fair the U.S. predilection to call people by a position they no longer hold is equally baffling to me. “President Trump” “General Petraeus” etc.

yeah we should burn that with fire. Titles of office should expire immediately on leaving office

For folks who insist, the word "former" is right there.

“Former” is useful because it helps the reader understand the person’s relevance; obviously less important for someone like Trump but “former Ambassador to the UN Haley” is useful context. But it can often be better done with a note: “Ms. Haley, who served as UN Ambassador under Trump…”

Oh no their title is now just "former" former trump, former Haley, former Regan, what were they before? Doesn't matter now, they are just former

If you want to go even crazier, anyone who is confirmed to a position by the Senate can refer to him/herself as "The Honorable" for life! www.state.gov/protocol-ref....

Protocol Reference - United States Department of Statewww.state.gov Protocol Reference Forms of Address The proper honorifics, titles, and spellings of names are very important when addressing guests. Confirm all are correct before finalizing written materials such a...

Rare credit to the NY Times, they're Mr. Trump & Mr. Biden, which is all the title they need

Distinguishing President Biden in his official capacity and Mr Biden campaigning for his second term in his personal capacity is a stylebook win

Well it also makes it clear when he is immune from prosecution, right? (This is a joke about the recent SCotUS decision which is completely absurd, but still.)

Crikey

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