Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

Stupid Yankistani — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:31:00 GMT

ACTUALLY you CANNOT call him SIR, he is not a British Citizen and hence the "Honorary" bit. BZZT; You got it wrong. nanana.

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

Stupid Yankistani — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:32:00 GMT

Stupid Yank, get the facts right before you post.

He is NOT entitled to use the title "Sir".

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

Stupid Yankistani — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:37:00 GMT

And ENGLAND is NOT a COUNTRY!

It's not Sir Bill Gates

Adwait Ullal — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:44:00 GMT

It's not Sir Bill Gates

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

David Betz — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:47:00 GMT

Rule! This man needs to be more than just knighted. He is the savior of western civilization and the king of the war against the technological rebel armies(i.e. Linux, Perl, losers), and for those two things along he deserves this. It's a shame the U.S. doesn't have something similar.

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

Alex Barnett — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:29:00 GMT

In the spirit of pointing out factual errors, I should point out I'm an ignorant Brit, not an ingorant Yank.

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

Derick Bailey — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:57:00 GMT

Only citizens of the British Empire are allowed to use the title "Sir". His title will simply be William Gates III, KBE (Knight of the British Empire)

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 10:56:00 GMT

Silly Brit.

BRITS OUT!

Britain, pitty the Provos didn't blow up te houses of commons.

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Mike — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:11:00 GMT

WRONG - Enland IS a COUNTRY - "Sometimes, parts of states with a distinct history or culture are called "lands" or "countries": England, Scotland and Wales – the three nations on the island of Great Britain – are known as countries, even though they are effectively governed as "components" of the British state. Tibet, an autonomous region of China, is similary called a country in everyday speech. Ireland is also sometimes called a country, even though it consists of one nation-state (the Republic of Ireland) and one component of a different state (Northern Ireland).

The terms country, nation, state and land are often used as synonyms, but in a more strict usage they are distinguished:

country is the geographical area
nation designates a people, however national and international both confusingly refer as well to matters pertaining to what are strictly states, as in national capital, international law
state is about government, and an entity in international law
land may be used for "a country and its people" but also thought of as country belonging to a nation or a monarch " Source: Answers.com - Wikipedia

re: Sir Bill...Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order

David P — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:37:00 GMT

Re this whole "ignorance" thread / thing...

Ignorance is bliss. Whether there's Brits, Yanks, or any other race of people involved, there's no need for personal flaming.

Feel the love, and love the feel.

David P

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Relationship Compatibility — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:18:47 GMT

Via Reuters . "Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates will be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth Wednesday for his outstanding contribution to enterprise. He will become a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order