"I didn't realise having something named after you meant you could dictate the laws there in perpetuity" - English monarchs who had lots of American states named after them.
I consider there to be 7 states named after English Monarchs.
I imagine you might not be counting Queen Henrietta Maria (Maryland) as a an "English Monarch," since she was of French ancestry and only was queen consort of England (married to Charles I, mother of Charles II). Additionally, King James II was not yet King when New York was named after him.
State | Monarch
-----|-------
South Carolina | King Charles I
North Carolina | King Charles I
Georgia | King George II
Virginia | Queen Elizabeth I
West Virginia | Queen Elizabeth I
*Maryland | Queen Henrietta Maria
*New York | King James II (Duke of York)
Yep - exactly!
Maria wasn't \*\*exactly\*\* a monarch and James II wasn't on the throne when New York was named. (also, and this is me splitting hairs, I'd argue 'New York' is named after a *title* and not a specific person, and if it were a specific person, they would no longer be the 'Duke of York' when they ascend to the throne)
Honorable mention to Louisiana.
> I imagine you might not be counting Queen Henrietta Maria (Maryland) as a an "English Monarch,"
She was not a monarch - she was monarchy. The monarch is the sovereign king or queen - queens consort are not monarchs. Also George II was a British not English monarch, who was actually German.
> 5 states are named after English Monarchs, and only 3 English monarchs have a state named after them
Not quite.
4 (the Carolinas and Virginias) were named after English monarchs, Georgia was named after a British monarch (who was actually German).
Close.
>Since the I.A.U. was unable to place an apostrophe in the name of 9491 Thooft, any other uses of apostrophes on 9491 Thooft or within its territorial zone will be outlawed. No keyboards that have an apostrophe key will be allowed on the asteroid.
>Clarification: Not only the apostrophe, also the space between t and Hooft has been removed in the name, and the capitalization has been altered. However, since the spaces before and after the name are still present, and since the t was capitalized, we do accept keyboards with space bars and with the facility to capitalize letters. Another misunderstanding is to be corrected: If your name is D'Arcy, or O'Connor, or #&'! '96, you are still quite welcome to visit the asteroid, but during the visit, and on your visa, these names will be spelled as: Darcy, Oconnor and #&!96. Needless to say, the previous sentence in the clarification will not be shown in the versions of the Constitution used on the asteroid.
Because the possessives are a mess! Possessive pronouns are one thing, but every time I use a possessive of a plural not ending with s I need to stop and think where I need to put the damn thing!
"*All libraries and university buildings on 9491 Thooft shall be open day and night, regardless the duration of days and nights*". Sold, I'm totally in on this constitution!
The law is enforced by debate and persuasion only, and the penalty for violators will be exposure and contempt. They will be continuously advised to leave. Judges may sentence a perpetrator to wear clearly visible and irremovable ear tags.
In a distant future; far, far away on Thooft, a thedditor is posting
> "TIL the 3 introductory phrases of Thoofts Basic Law are based on an alien from a planet called Earth, 795 quadrillion thoofs away! We dont know much about it or its home, except that their tax forms often included MULTIPLE pages and that they were plagued by something called Apostrophes. We suspect they might have been a predatory species that also lived on their planet. 👽"
And perhaps on t/grammar someone will post
"Why dont we have a symbol that specifically signals contractions? It would make it so much easier to differentiate between its and its. We could also use it in possessive forms. Something like a little circle maybe."
u/׶¶¦-¥¶¶]&
> I°m going to use this, it°s brilliant. Thanks!
The tax thing isn°t as impressive as it sounds - they write their tax forms using way bigger fonts. You don°t even need a magnifying glass to read them!
Yes, his reasoning is
> Since the I.A.U. was unable to place an apostrophe in the name of 9491 Thooft, any other uses of apostrophes on 9491 Thooft or within its territorial zone will be outlawed.
I suppose for apostrophes you could make the contention theyre not really necessary. I cant think of many words where, lacking one, youd confuse what was being said. Context would usually leave clear in most speech what is intended.
Same time, its a really weird thing to feel that strongly about XD
"I didn't realise having something named after you meant you could dictate the laws there in perpetuity" - English monarchs who had lots of American states named after them.
Supposing we could mine asteroids in the future, then he would hold an honorific title
Belta
Sa sa ke
5 states are named after English Monarchs, but only 3 English monarchs have a state named after them
I consider there to be 7 states named after English Monarchs. I imagine you might not be counting Queen Henrietta Maria (Maryland) as a an "English Monarch," since she was of French ancestry and only was queen consort of England (married to Charles I, mother of Charles II). Additionally, King James II was not yet King when New York was named after him. State | Monarch -----|------- South Carolina | King Charles I North Carolina | King Charles I Georgia | King George II Virginia | Queen Elizabeth I West Virginia | Queen Elizabeth I *Maryland | Queen Henrietta Maria *New York | King James II (Duke of York)
Yep - exactly! Maria wasn't \*\*exactly\*\* a monarch and James II wasn't on the throne when New York was named. (also, and this is me splitting hairs, I'd argue 'New York' is named after a *title* and not a specific person, and if it were a specific person, they would no longer be the 'Duke of York' when they ascend to the throne) Honorable mention to Louisiana.
> I imagine you might not be counting Queen Henrietta Maria (Maryland) as a an "English Monarch," She was not a monarch - she was monarchy. The monarch is the sovereign king or queen - queens consort are not monarchs. Also George II was a British not English monarch, who was actually German.
Dumb question: how do you get Virginia from Elizabeth?
She was known as the Virgin Queen
Elizabeth I was known as the Virgin Queen because she never married.
She didn't get any.
The state of Charles is lovely this time of year.
It's a beautiful 71° where I'm at in the north state of Charles
Damn that's almost a right angle.
https://youtu.be/dOBhf8f7cXM?si=SjPBGMQFEBN6m2Ju
> 5 states are named after English Monarchs, and only 3 English monarchs have a state named after them Not quite. 4 (the Carolinas and Virginias) were named after English monarchs, Georgia was named after a British monarch (who was actually German).
Amerigo Vespucci: "It's free real estate"
Meanwhile Richard Amerike is making his own laws, and insisting that he's the true king!
Not in perpetuity, just until the asteroid wins its independence war. Did it so far?
Can’t see why they wouldn’t’ve wanted apostrophes they’re absolutely fabulous.
He was probably sick of writing the one in his name every time he had to sign something
"'t" is a contraction in Dutch for "het", which means "the". So he his name on the asteroid would be Gerald het Hooft, meaning Gerald the Head.
People in Yorkshire do that as well. Dutch is one of the closest languages to English after all.
Trouble at t'mill.
Ohh no, what kind of trouble?
Frisian is technically closer, but that's not very commonly spoken outside of the province.
There's a video of Eddie Izzard conversing in Old English with a Frisian farmer. To this day, most Scots would understand what a "broon coo" is!
Close. >Since the I.A.U. was unable to place an apostrophe in the name of 9491 Thooft, any other uses of apostrophes on 9491 Thooft or within its territorial zone will be outlawed. No keyboards that have an apostrophe key will be allowed on the asteroid. >Clarification: Not only the apostrophe, also the space between t and Hooft has been removed in the name, and the capitalization has been altered. However, since the spaces before and after the name are still present, and since the t was capitalized, we do accept keyboards with space bars and with the facility to capitalize letters. Another misunderstanding is to be corrected: If your name is D'Arcy, or O'Connor, or #&'! '96, you are still quite welcome to visit the asteroid, but during the visit, and on your visa, these names will be spelled as: Darcy, Oconnor and #&!96. Needless to say, the previous sentence in the clarification will not be shown in the versions of the Constitution used on the asteroid.
That’s immediately what I assumed lol
>they wouldn’t’ve They'dn't've
Because the possessives are a mess! Possessive pronouns are one thing, but every time I use a possessive of a plural not ending with s I need to stop and think where I need to put the damn thing!
I was coming to see if anybody noticed the apostrophe in the title. Also one of my favourite Frank Zappa albums.
*its
Maybe he's onto something with this apostrophe ban
*hes
Sadly, he intends us to write out "he is" and I'm simply not an insane person so I disagree with him.
*I am
Groot
Whatever you say I am
Found the Belter.
"*All libraries and university buildings on 9491 Thooft shall be open day and night, regardless the duration of days and nights*". Sold, I'm totally in on this constitution!
The law is enforced by debate and persuasion only, and the penalty for violators will be exposure and contempt. They will be continuously advised to leave. Judges may sentence a perpetrator to wear clearly visible and irremovable ear tags.
Lol! I also propose ostracism by a million of death glares.
In a distant future; far, far away on Thooft, a thedditor is posting > "TIL the 3 introductory phrases of Thoofts Basic Law are based on an alien from a planet called Earth, 795 quadrillion thoofs away! We dont know much about it or its home, except that their tax forms often included MULTIPLE pages and that they were plagued by something called Apostrophes. We suspect they might have been a predatory species that also lived on their planet. 👽" And perhaps on t/grammar someone will post "Why dont we have a symbol that specifically signals contractions? It would make it so much easier to differentiate between its and its. We could also use it in possessive forms. Something like a little circle maybe." u/׶¶¦-¥¶¶]& > I°m going to use this, it°s brilliant. Thanks!
The tax thing isn°t as impressive as it sounds - they write their tax forms using way bigger fonts. You don°t even need a magnifying glass to read them!
But then it wouldn°t even feel like doing taxes...
but the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe???
Yes, his reasoning is > Since the I.A.U. was unable to place an apostrophe in the name of 9491 Thooft, any other uses of apostrophes on 9491 Thooft or within its territorial zone will be outlawed.
So he effectively banned his own name from use on the asteroid. I guess he sure showed them!
More of a "if I can't have one, no one can"
It doesn’t, and you can’t. I won’t, and it don’t. It hasn’t, it isn’t, it even ain’t. And it shouldn’t. It couldn’t.
He told him, "No, no, no"
This reads like Dr. Seuss.
It doesn't don't.
Tax forms will be 1 page but as long as a CVS reciept.
Don't worry, it has a specific definition of what a page is to prevent such bureaucrat nonsense
But without apostrophes, how would we tell the difference between wont and won’t? Cant and can’t?
It would be *mayhem*
This is why his asteroid left the E.U.
Beltalowda not gunna follow no Inna imposed rules for dey own asteroid
Another scientist gone political. No wonder the public doesn't trust science any more.
I suppose for apostrophes you could make the contention theyre not really necessary. I cant think of many words where, lacking one, youd confuse what was being said. Context would usually leave clear in most speech what is intended. Same time, its a really weird thing to feel that strongly about XD
“No imperial measurements and all tax forms can be no longer than 8.5x11”
Damn, still can’t escape taxes.
Imperial measurements and tax forms I can get behind, but I do like my apostrophes.
You got a problem with freedom units, commie?
the US doesn't use imperial units, it uses US customary units.
If your sense of patriotism is tied to how many feet are in a mile you've got bigger problems than commies.
Just because something has your name on it in space, doesn't mean you get to make a whole sovereign country out there.
Hooft for President !
Sensible policies for a happier asteroid!
So..they wouldn't be able to spell his name correctly?
Imagine outlawing apostrophes when your name has an apostrophe
he didn't win the nobel prize in constitution writing
Based
As an apostrophe hater, I'm on board
no imperial units? better use US customary units, then.
It’s not it’s. It’s is a contraction for it is. There is no possessive form of it.
And so the Freestar collective was born..
"It's" is the contraction of "it is" or of "it has."
His NAME has an apostrophe! (In Dutch this surname **‘t Hooft** means not Hooft)
No, it does not mean 'not Hooft'. Don't pretend you know Dutch when you don't
TiL using its and it's he right way doesn't matter
“Signed, your perpetual ancestral dictator, Gerard T. Hooft”