Re: Cants

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Ph. D. wrote:

> Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Greg Johnston wrote:
> >
> > > Ah, yes. "Bushie" refers to "Bush", as in the Emperor of America.
> >
> > I thought the only person with that title's name was Norton I :)
> >
> > (See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton%20I>.)
>
>
> I've always found it amusing that those who give themselves titles
> of nobility always place a Roman number I after their names:
> Emperor George I, King Robert I, Queen Karen I, etc.
>
> In The Real World, a sovereign is never referred to as the first
> until there is a second with the same name. Queen Anne of England
> is still simply Queen Anne because there has never been another
> queen of England with the name Anne. Books printed before the
> reign of Queen Elizabeth II refer to Elizabeth I simple as Queen
> Elizabeth.
Not forgetting the current Queen of Scotland (or is she Queen of Scots),
Elizabeth. Elsewhere known as Elizabeth II (even in Realms where there's
never been another Elizabeth, apart from the numberless late Queen
Mother,  Queen Elizabeth, who doesn't count because she wasn't monarch).

But this is why in a few years time when the Revolution comes, I will be
known as the Indisputable Overlord of the World, Tristan, except in
regions where there's already been an Indisputable Overlord of the World
Tristan, where I'll append the appropriate number to the end of my name.

--
Tristan

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