39,327
edits
Earn Your Title: Difference between revisions
m
categories and general cleanup
(→Real Life: clean up) |
m (categories and general cleanup) |
||
Line 86:
== Real Life ==
* Too many, some of whom probably didn't deserve them.... '[
** The monarchs of England mostly earned theirs: William the Conqueror conquered England; Richard the Lionhearted was a valiant soldier; Alfred the Great saved his people from being wiped out by invading hordes of [[Horny Vikings]]; and [[Braveheart|Edward the Hammer of the Scots]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|hammered the Scots]] (and the Welsh; and the Irish; and [[Complete Monster|the Jews]]...) However, YMMV as to whether ''Bloody'' Mary and ''Good'' Queen Bess deserve those nicknames.
* Often the case with nicknames one earns from one's peers in the military.
| |||