Re: OT: Anthroponymics
| From: | Tristan Mc Leay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 19, 2005, 10:38 |
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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...
--
Tristan.
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