Re: Mull of Kintyre

A.J. Norman (nja@le.ac.uk)
15 Oct 1997 09:55:12 +0100

In article <dom.2967.00150742@i-cubed.co.uk.spamblock>, Dom
<dom@i-cubed.co.uk.SPAMBLOCK> wrote:
> ndaviesa@cix.co.uk (nickey davies) writes:
>
> > Sir McCartney
>
> Good day to you sir, here in uk.misc we would be grateful if you
> would refer to our esteemed Knights of the Realm in the correct
> manner, to whit, Sir Paul, or Sir Paul McCartney, but never ever
> Sir McCartney.
>
> God Save the Queen!
>
> Toodle-pip!

Otherwise Louis Epstein (who used to manage the Beatles) will have to
send you a long and fascinating explanation of the rules of
nomenclature and precedence relating to knighted pot-smokers and their
exact position in the hierarchy of the English and Scottish
aristocracy.

-- 
Andrew Norman, Leicester, England
nja@le.ac.uk
http://www.le.ac.uk/engineering/nja/

Back to the Top Level: