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rideontime 1y ago
...Relevance? e: Oh, the suit names him as "Sir Jonathan Paul Ive." Yes, that is silly for a lawsuit in a US court, that title is (or, at least, should be) meaningless here.
sjtgraham 1y ago
A knighthood is not a hereditary title.
- aussiegreenie 1y ago
  Knighthoods can be hereditary titles. A Baronet is "Sir" and it passes through the eldest son of a Baronet. It is one of the lowest ranks in the Peerage.
- profsummergig 1y ago
  Is it a royal title? Or would the pedant argue that it's not a title bestowed by royals (i.e. a royal title)? My statement included "royal titles".
yesfitz 1y ago
When was it not culturally okay to use the term "Sir" in the United States?
NemoNobody 1y ago
Has nobody pointed out the obvious hypocrisy/contradiction of your entire overall statement and the behavior, actions, language, rhetoric, personal and professional writing of the current leader of the small r party? If I recall correctly, and I do, he thought it was funny to post an AI image of of him on the cover of time magazine "for real" instead of parody - it was captioned, "long live the king" - thats many levels higher than sir, especially considering he was being called out for unconstitutional overstepping of his authority - to which he wants the courts to ignore. That's easily the most monarchical an American President has ever acted. He also named his kid Baron - also a title, also worse than sir.
- ahartmetz 1y ago
  Maybe the small-r republican is more about the republic and less about the Trump party?
  - profsummergig 1y ago
    From Merriam Webster: of or relating to a republic, rather than to a monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, etc.
    - NemoNobody 1y ago
      Ok. So, what does that mean to the average American? I'm curious how many of us know that the US is a republic and of them how many know what that means. This is rather humorous almost as the term is essentially meaningless in a world where republicanism won the day and democracy is almost everywhere. A word that appears to provide validity for the Republican party in its anti elite roots - despite the party being the party of the elite now. That's both problematic and completely unnecessary to even mention. America is a Democracy. The Republican Party is on its last legs - republicanism, as it can only be interpreted by most Americans, as the ideology of Republicans ;) - also dead. I'm hoping for at least 2 generations where people are so triggered by the words conservative and the ilk - that we again learn why that's actually a good thing, when used appropriately, sometimes. Very conditionally. I personally am very sick of treading water as a society and civilization. Evolutionarily speaking, stagnant life, is dead already.
      - profsummergig 1y ago
        > So, what does that mean to the average American? Don't know, don't care. Educated, high-IQ people know what it means. The kind I was targeting my original comment to. Because it's HN. I expected people knew what it means on here. And apparently the educated, high-IQ ones do.
        tomhow 1y ago
        Please don't post comments like this on HN. It's not a place for elitism.
tomhow 1y ago
Please don't comment like this on Hacker News. It somehow manages to break the guidelines against generic tangents, tangential annoyances, and political or ideological battle all at once. Please try to avoid this in future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- profsummergig 1y ago
  Will do. Appreciate the guidance.

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...Relevance? e: Oh, the suit names him as "Sir Jonathan Paul Ive." Yes, that is silly for a lawsuit in a US court, that title is (or, at least, should be) meaningless here.

sjtgraham 1y ago

A knighthood is not a hereditary title.

aussiegreenie 1y ago
Knighthoods can be hereditary titles. A Baronet is "Sir" and it passes through the eldest son of a Baronet. It is one of the lowest ranks in the Peerage.
profsummergig 1y ago
Is it a royal title? Or would the pedant argue that it's not a title bestowed by royals (i.e. a royal title)? My statement included "royal titles".

yesfitz 1y ago

When was it not culturally okay to use the term "Sir" in the United States?

NemoNobody 1y ago

Has nobody pointed out the obvious hypocrisy/contradiction of your entire overall statement and the behavior, actions, language, rhetoric, personal and professional writing of the current leader of the small r party? If I recall correctly, and I do, he thought it was funny to post an AI image of of him on the cover of time magazine "for real" instead of parody - it was captioned, "long live the king" - thats many levels higher than sir, especially considering he was being called out for unconstitutional overstepping of his authority - to which he wants the courts to ignore. That's easily the most monarchical an American President has ever acted. He also named his kid Baron - also a title, also worse than sir.

ahartmetz 1y ago
Maybe the small-r republican is more about the republic and less about the Trump party?
- profsummergig 1y ago
  From Merriam Webster: of or relating to a republic, rather than to a monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, etc.
  - NemoNobody 1y ago
    Ok. So, what does that mean to the average American? I'm curious how many of us know that the US is a republic and of them how many know what that means. This is rather humorous almost as the term is essentially meaningless in a world where republicanism won the day and democracy is almost everywhere. A word that appears to provide validity for the Republican party in its anti elite roots - despite the party being the party of the elite now. That's both problematic and completely unnecessary to even mention. America is a Democracy. The Republican Party is on its last legs - republicanism, as it can only be interpreted by most Americans, as the ideology of Republicans ;) - also dead. I'm hoping for at least 2 generations where people are so triggered by the words conservative and the ilk - that we again learn why that's actually a good thing, when used appropriately, sometimes. Very conditionally. I personally am very sick of treading water as a society and civilization. Evolutionarily speaking, stagnant life, is dead already.
    - profsummergig 1y ago
      > So, what does that mean to the average American? Don't know, don't care. Educated, high-IQ people know what it means. The kind I was targeting my original comment to. Because it's HN. I expected people knew what it means on here. And apparently the educated, high-IQ ones do.
      - tomhow 1y ago
        Please don't post comments like this on HN. It's not a place for elitism.

tomhow 1y ago

Please don't comment like this on Hacker News. It somehow manages to break the guidelines against generic tangents, tangential annoyances, and political or ideological battle all at once. Please try to avoid this in future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

profsummergig 1y ago
Will do. Appreciate the guidance.