Foreigners and Titles (correction)

[foxmoth at qnet.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Milz" <absinthe at m...> wrote:
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> Also, a number of Americans have recieved orders from the Queen, 
> Ronald Reagan being one of them. Again, he isn't supposed to use the 
> title "Sir", nor is his wife allowed to call herself "Lady Reagan" 
> (and definitely not Lady Nancy Reagan, because that implies she's the 
> daughter of a Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount or Baron)
> 
> Milz (who had a very strict English teacher who insisted upon 
> researching these things for creative writing assignments.)
	
	On a (vaguely) related note, it bugs me when Star Wars fiction 
refers to Lord Darth Vader. Though there's no reason why the SW 
universe can't have its own etiquette, it just sounds incorrect to me. 
Lord Darth Vader would indicate the son or brother of the title holder, 
I think. 
Pippin, who learned this from reading Dorothy Sayers and hopes she is 
right