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

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[โ€“] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

Ftfy

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.