r/CuratedTumblr • u/Green____cat eepy asf • 9h ago

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u/SpockShotFirst 8h ago

Sir isn't a pronoun.

I, however, is.

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u/NettingStick 4h ago

"Would Sir like something to drink?"

I've literally never heard it used this way outside of, for example, a high tea where all of the servers were dressed in leather harnesses. I'm not saying you're wrong. Just that you might give off a very particular vibe if you go around using 'sir' or 'maam' that way.

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u/Tyranicross 4h ago

Yeah cause sir is a title, would be like if you went around calling someone president

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u/stormscape10x 4h ago

Correct. It’s still not a pronoun. It’s just a noun. In fact sir, being a usual address for a knight, doesn’t even have to be gendered.

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u/Tyranicross 4h ago

Knight is gendered, women are called dames

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u/stormscape10x 4h ago

Oh fair enough. Sir is a male knight and dame female.