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[alcarilinque]

This is not an ad!

“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be among the titled few? For just £29.99 you can buy a plot of land on an estate in the Scottish Highlands. As a Scottish land owner you will be privileged with the title of Laird, Lord, or Lady.”

This site promises to sell you a chunk of someone's land so you can be a Scottish

Comments

[marnanel]

http://www.kevinboone.com/thetitlesgame.html explains it better than I can

[marnanel]

Also http://www.faketitles.com/ , which is written by the (real) Earl of Bradford.

[neecerie]

Funny...

The OP didn't ask if it was true.

No one has really answered the -linguistic- questions.

Sadly I don't live in the UK anymore so I will not attempt to help with the pronunciation...

[marnanel]

I certainly believe what the terms may mean, but I'm curious more whether they're in use anymore.

The pronunciation question was explicitly an added bonus.

[alcarilinque]

I guess everything else, opinions and such, are too. :P

[dustinalfonso]

Kyaa tum ho don? > icon

pagol pplguloooo

[alcarilinque]

HEY THAR ALL U CR8ZY PPL!11 D:

[djonma]

No one here would think of them as a lord or lady.
Though as to whether those words are in use?
We have a House of Lords.
It's full of... Lords and Ladies.
Yes, we use them regularly.

Not sure of Laird, I think that was the Scottish name for Lord, but I think they just use Lord nowadays.

[alcarilinque]

Aha, thanks.

[petrusplancius]

There's nothing to stop anybody in Britain changing their name to Lord Plonk or the Great Panjandrum, except that it will make them look rather silly; so people who purchase lordships of the manor and the like are just wasting their money. Only genuine inherited titles or life peerages are taken seriously by anyone else.