The Pole Poll

[Evie]

It might wake up some poltergeists.

 

[Perfection]

Well, hopefully it will remain relatively polite

 

[warpus]

The Totem pole because it, like Warpus, is a true Canadian Pole.

I'm going to have to vote for my Mom.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Warpus wasn't on the poll, and neither were the North or South Pole.

So I voted "fishing pole" even though they're called "fishing rods" here, because I like fish.

10-foot poles are handy for dungeon exploration, and when you don't have a proper quarterstaff.

 

[ywhtptgtfo]

I'd also want to vote for warpus' walking pole stick

 

[Domen]

10-foot Poles are rather rare, but handy for exploration of various hostile countries.

 

[Takhisis]

Nicolas Copernicus. A.k.a. Mikulaj !"!#"$ <-unwritable, unpronounceable name.

 

[Goodfella]

Well, hopefully it will remain relatively polite

Don't worry, forum policy should keep our posts politic.

Anyway, I like Earth's celestial pole.

 

[Domen]

Except that there is no and never was such a surname like "Copernicus".

His surname was Kopernik. And this surname is still in existence today (as well as several other variants).

"Copernicus" is just a Latinized form of spelling of this surname.

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Modern frequency of Kopernik and similar surnames in 3 countries (data from online database of surnames moikrewni.pl / verwandt.de):

The most frequent first name among 22 Koperniks in Germany is "Les&#322;aw", while that 1 Kopernatzki in Germany is "Janusz".

Mikulaj

Miko&#322;aj.

 

[Tahuti]

Except that there is no and never was such a surname like "Copernicus".

Probably there is. People in the Middle and Early Modern ages would frequently Latinise their surnames when they were going to study at university. For instance, 'de Boer' (Dutch: the Farmer) would become 'Agricola'. 'Copernicus' could have been derived from 'Kopernik'.

 

[Domen]

This is what I mean. His actual surname was "Kopernik" but in Latin text it was written down as "Copernicus".

People in the Middle and Early Modern ages would frequently Latinise their surnames when they were going to study at university.

Yes, true - but those were not their actual surnames - just Latinised, "educated" forms of their surnames, some sort of "nicknames".

Also in documents written in Latin, names are going to be Latinised. In German documents they are going to be Germanized. Etc.

For instance my great-grandfather who lived in Provinz Posen is listed as Franz in documents, even though his real first name was Franciszek.

 

[CavLancer]

Totem, oh yeah.

 

[Domen]

Pole position is of course the best position:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_position

Too bad that there is no such option in the poll.

 

[Gucumatz]

Polish remover

 

[Domen]

Link to video.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

I went for stripper's pole, even though I've never really understood the concept and think they're a bit silly. But... strippers.

 

[Evie]

10-foot Poles are rather rare,

Not that we,d know from looking at these forums.

Rather like 10-inch poles, really.

EDIT: Didn't realize this would be my 6666th post. Wouldn't have it any other way tho

 

[Domen]

Take a screenshot of your 6666th post.

 

[cybrxkhan]

EDIT: Didn't realize this would be my 6666th post. Wouldn't have it any other way tho

May the dark side be with you.

 

[Perfection]

Don't worry, forum policy should keep our posts politic.

That means nothing if it isn't policed.