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Re:Tim Berners-Lee wins Turing Award by DanBC on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @12:59PM (#14034826)
Kazuo Ishiguro is British. He's not called "Sir" because he has an OBE. He needs a GBE or DBE for the "Sir".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee wins Turing Award by OJFord on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @08:22PM (#14038581)
And were he not British, he would not be entitled as such - Gates and Geldof iirc are such examples; sometimes (incorrectly) titled 'Sir' in press.
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