# \[Surviving\] public figures from WWII **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 21, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-public-figures-from-wwii/582680 "2011-05-21T13:55:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-public-figures-from-wwii/582680/81 "2011-05-25T11:02:33Z")
> [@Shmendrik](#): > > For those of you keeping score at home, this “Surviving public figures from WWII” thread now contains 73 posts, including: > > A) 50 posts about surviving public figures from WWII > B) 22 posts quibbling about the correct nomenclature for Betty 2 of England, as she’s technically known. > C) 1 post complaining about the large number of posts in category B. Most of those quibbling posts are down to the OP vehemently defending his choice to call her Elizabeth of York - there wasn’t any actual nitpicking of his OP before he stepped up to say ‘no, I’M right.’ (My post that mentioned it was only to clarify to another poster that the OP had already mentioned QE II). Sorry Krokodil, missed that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![samjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@samjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samjones)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-public-figures-from-wwii/582680/82 "2011-05-25T11:58:32Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Most of those quibbling posts are down to the OP vehemently defending his choice to call her Elizabeth of York - there wasn’t any actual nitpicking of his OP before he stepped up to say ‘no, I’M right.’ (My post that mentioned it was only to clarify to another poster that the OP had already mentioned QE II). No - I didn’t step up to say “no, I’M right” (sic). I merely pointed out that everyone else’s “corrections” were wrong and that the topic was not nearly as simple as the pedant wannabes would have us believe. “Elizabeth of York” referred to her sans title and I thought that was an elegant approach that addressed the specific problem adequately. It’s much easier to sit in judgement on others and point out how wrong they are then it is to get things right. It was clear that I was referring to the woman who would become Queen Elizabeth II and that should have been enough. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-public-figures-from-wwii/582680/83 "2011-05-25T12:21:38Z")
> [@samjones](#): > > No - I didn’t step up to say “no, I’M right” (sic). I merely pointed out that everyone else’s “corrections” were wrong and that the topic was not nearly as simple as the pedant wannabes would have us believe. “Elizabeth of York” referred to her sans title and I thought that was an elegant approach that addressed the specific problem adequately. > > It’s much easier to sit in judgement on others and point out how wrong they are then it is to get things right. It was clear that I was referring to the woman who would become Queen Elizabeth II and that should have been enough. Dude, I already said that I understood who you meant; one other person didn’t seem to, so I clarified it. I wasn’t sitting in judgment of you at all. I really do think you must have misread my posts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-public-figures-from-wwii/582680.md?page=4)