Rhode Island to change it's formal name

[Arcade22]

If they were born in the last 50-60 years or so, they should be encouraged to change their name because their parents were dumb jerks.

Names go in and out of favor all the time. "Gaylord" has been out of favor for a very long time.

Dick Gaylord may have grown attached to his name despite the offence and ridicule it invites.

 

[Stacyhs]

Actually, in Ancient Greek the word "Rhodes" or "Ρόδος" meant "to twerk" or to "shake your booty." So Rhode Island should be renamed "Twerk Island" or "Booty Island."

Those sound like reality shows.

 

[jadebox]

It was a Jeopardy final answer many years ago--what state had the longest name. They'll have to be sure to pull that episode from any streaming service.

It is a question in the original edition of Trivial Pursuit. So, I would have gotten that final Jeopardy. I would have also had no problem with "Otto Titzling."

Trivial Pursuit is now owned by Hasbro which is based in Rhode Island.

 

[Meadmaker]

It's not a twerking of Isle of Rhodes? Just kind of assumed so

The explanation that made most sense to me among those I saw was that the Dutch named one of the islands in the bay "Red Island", which in Dutch is "rode eiland"

 

[Stacyhs]

The explanation that made most sense to me among those I saw was that the Dutch named one of the islands in the bay "Red Island", which in Dutch is "rode eiland"

That seems quite logical to me.

 

[Norman Alexander]

If they changed it...would anyone actually notice?

 

[zooterkin]

It's not a twerking of Isle of Rhodes? Just kind of assumed so

The explanation that made most sense to me among those I saw was that the Dutch named one of the islands in the bay "Red Island", which in Dutch is "rode eiland"

So, named for the same reason as Rhodes, but not named after it.

 

[Darat]

On behalf of all New Hampshiremen, I shall have to call you out on the Field of Honor! Super Soakers loaded with New Hampshire Maple Syrup at ten paces!

Do you have permission from the Canadians to use Maple syrup....

 

[Stacyhs]

So, named for the same reason as Rhodes, but not named after it.

Rhodes was named after a mythological Greek nymph, Rhodos.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Rhodes was named after a mythological Greek nymph, Rhodos.

According to Hesiod, her milkshake brought all the boys to the yard. But per Homer, she wasn't no hollaback girl.

 

[shemp]

Do you have permission from the Canadians to use Maple syrup....

Cur.

 

[alfaniner]

They should just change it to "Ri." Then they could claim a name length record in the other direction.

 

[EHocking]

Too late, now that I've suggested it, not naming it Gay Island is homophobic.

Would naming it Gay Ireland be homophonic?

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Too late, now that I've suggested it, not naming it Gay Island is homophobic.

My vote was for "TragicMonkey Island", but if you insist...

 

[TragicMonkey]

Dick Gaylord may have grown attached to his name despite the offence and ridicule it invites.

If I were Dick Gaylord I'd have gotten tired of the jokes and changed it to Gay Dicklord. It's not only impossible to make fun of, but it's also more appropriate.

 

[Matthew Best]

Much as I disagree often with Arcade22, he's from Sweden. I assume English is his second language, or at a minimum, one of two languages he speaks.

And it's an easy typo.

Your criticism is flawed.

Please point out the flaw, then.