Unfortunately, it turns out that while strange women lying in ponds giving away swords may not be the basis for a system of government, conceited women fucking racist pricks is, in fact, a perfectly legal way to decide your head of state.
Oh king ey, very nice. And how’d you get that? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to imperialist dogma that perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society. If there’s ever going to be any real progress…
Dennis there’s some lovely filth down here!
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Listen. Strange women laying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
That’s why ‘von und zu’ exists in German. ‘von’ means ‘of House…’, and ‘zu’ basically means ‘resides in …’. So King von und zu Luxemburg would be King of house Luxemburg who also lives in Luxemburg
Incidentally, in German the lion also isn’t called king of the jungle, but king of the animals. But I don’t know if that means von animals or zu animals 🤔.
Okay, this made me look up if Australia is still a commonwealth. It is, but who the fuck knew India still was? I’m not the only one who didn’t know, right?
fwiw the word “commonwealth” is…essentially meaningless. If you hear someone say commonwealth on its own, they’re probably talking about the Commonwealth of Nations as @scholar@lemmy.world described. The Commonwealth of Nations is basically a loose grouping of countries that do various things together. Probably the most noteworthy thing they do together is the Commonwealth Games, a sort of mini-Olympics.
But several other things also use the word. There’s the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a grouping of former Soviet states. There’s Australia, a country whose full name (in the way the full name of America is the United States of America) is the Commonwealth of Australia (and in Australia, “the Commonwealth” is sometimes used synonymously with “the federal Government”). There are several states in America which are properly termed commonwealths, such as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
According to Baldrick he lives in Australia and is no less legitimate a claim to be king of england than any of those bastards since Dick III. The fact that he hasn’t raised an army and started any wars suggests he might be less of a dick than most of them.
Fwiw, that’s definitely not a requirement. The King of Australia doesn’t live in Australia, either.
Well he ain’t my king.
Unfortunately, yes he is.
Well, I didn’t vote for him.
Unfortunately, it turns out that while strange women lying in ponds giving away swords may not be the basis for a system of government, conceited women fucking racist pricks is, in fact, a perfectly legal way to decide your head of state.
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Well may we say “God save the Queen”, because nothing will save the Governor-General!
That’s why ‘von und zu’ exists in German. ‘von’ means ‘of House…’, and ‘zu’ basically means ‘resides in …’. So King von und zu Luxemburg would be King of house Luxemburg who also lives in Luxemburg
Interesting. So can someone be “von” multiple places? Charles von Australia und United Kingdom und Canada und New Zealand zu United Kingdom?
Yeah, generally European noble titles stacked.
Was always pokemon race. Gotta catch 'em all!
Incidentally, in German the lion also isn’t called king of the jungle, but king of the animals. But I don’t know if that means von animals or zu animals 🤔.
Okay, this made me look up if Australia is still a commonwealth. It is, but who the fuck knew India still was? I’m not the only one who didn’t know, right?
fwiw the word “commonwealth” is…essentially meaningless. If you hear someone say commonwealth on its own, they’re probably talking about the Commonwealth of Nations as @scholar@lemmy.world described. The Commonwealth of Nations is basically a loose grouping of countries that do various things together. Probably the most noteworthy thing they do together is the Commonwealth Games, a sort of mini-Olympics.
But several other things also use the word. There’s the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a grouping of former Soviet states. There’s Australia, a country whose full name (in the way the full name of America is the United States of America) is the Commonwealth of Australia (and in Australia, “the Commonwealth” is sometimes used synonymously with “the federal Government”). There are several states in America which are properly termed commonwealths, such as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
What about that Plantagenet dude?
According to Baldrick he lives in Australia and is no less legitimate a claim to be king of england than any of those bastards since Dick III. The fact that he hasn’t raised an army and started any wars suggests he might be less of a dick than most of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Real_Monarch
Oh - looks like he died, but maybe his offsping.
You call that a knife?