You can change the spelling of one word in the English language to match how they are pronounced. What word do you pick?

ericbomb@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 237 points –

I'm picking "Colonel" needs to be respelled to match how it's pronounced.

Try to pick a word no one else has picked. What word are you respelling?

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only one country decided to stay true to the discoverer's chosen name

Ftfy

By that logic Uranus would be called "George's Star". Then the English nationalists would would get uppity about its name.

The discover generally has input, but when there's a group of experts responsible for maintaining a list of names of things: they decide what's right.

Out of all the examples you could've chosen you went with Uranus.... respect.

Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all..

Fry: Oh. What's it called now?

Farnsworth: Urectum.