ChatGPTom @siropsalot.bsky.social

Elton John gets a pass too

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Josh Rosenau @joshrosenau.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:14 UTC

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.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:10 UTC

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

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Sam-I-Am (they/any) @sam.beleriand.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:33 UTC

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

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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

Sir Pat Stew on the short list

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