Re: OT: Anthroponymics

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:38, Tristan Mc Leay wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 11:55 +0200, Carsten Becker wrote:
> > The last name of the prince of this county (Waldeck) is just
> > _von Waldeck_.
>
> Of course, it's not uncommon for people to have surnames that are
> translate to "from someplace". Seems relatively common, in particular,
> amongst Italians.
>
> Still, it brings me to a question I have. I have gathered Germany seems
> to still have some form of Royalty/aristocracy, but you're a Republic.
> How does this work? Do they have any formal role in (some level of) the
> Government? Any representative role? Is it just entirely titular? Do
> they get money from it? Do the media make a big deal out of it (in the
> same way that the tabloids here enjoy going on about "Our" Crown
> Princess Mary,* perhaps)?
>
> * Being the Crown Prince of Denmark's wife and not in any way related to
> our constitutional structure. Still, the amount they go on about it it
> wouldn't surprise me if the next Referendum we made Princess Mary Queen
> Elizabeth's heir in Australia...
Good lord, back to the good old days of Good Old King Canute!  An
English-speaking Danish royal in an English-speaking kingdom! ;)

I've at times considered putting a petition online for NZ to elect Elton John
as the Queen of New Zealand.  I figure he'd be much more entertaining than
the current set of Royals, the British Bollarky.
>
> --
> Tristan.
Wesley Parish
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