Quote: (10-16-2014 09:38 AM)Sonsowey Wrote:
I have never been to Europe.
If you really are a "lord" or whatever, do people actually treat you with more respect or whatever? Like if middle-class accountant told you he was a lord, would that matter in how people treated him?
In Britain, the short answer is yes. They might think they won't be impressed, but they probably will be.
If you're a member of the aristocracy people will tend to treat you differently. Being a humble commoner, I've only had very limited interaction with lords and whatnot, but from what I've seen they tend to have an air about them that normal folks respond to.
They're scrupulously polite, extremely well spoken and have implacable self-confidence.
However, you probably won't be a middle class accountant if you're a lord. I'm talking about the sort of people who have huge country estates, a seat in the House of Lords, titles that date back centuries, and own half of Scotland. Those guys may have a family business, but it'll probably be in high-end banking or farming or something to do with property. A lot of them go into the officer ranks in HM Forces.
Unfortunately people who buy "titles" off the internet get about as much respect as people who are ordained ministers of religion from a website.