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* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' is filled with scenes like this, and as Honor rises in society, the volume of Dukes and Admirals only increases.

* Early in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''Black Widowers'' series of short stories, it was stated that the members of the club grant themselves and their guests an "honorary doctorate" within club meetings. This eccentricity came up once or twice in later stories, but served no real purpose. It was mentioned at the start that someone who holds an actual doctorate, such as Widower James Drake, is thus, for instance, "Doctor Doctor Drake." Emmanuel Rubin claims to have enough other honorary doctorates to be "Doctor Doctor Doctor" all by himself ... and he was interrupted after the third "doctor," so there might be more.

* One of John Dickson Carr's murder mysteries features [[Intrepid Reporter]] James Blake visiting New Orleans to interview rising politician James Blake. Fortunately, the latter Blake normally uses "Clay" (from his middle name) among friends, and the two quickly get along quite well, but there's a moment when the politician's secretary phones the newsman and says, "Mr. Blake's anxious to see you, Mr.--he's ''very'' anxious to see you, I know."