I’m picking “Colonel” needs to be respelled to match how it’s pronounced.

Try to pick a word no one else has picked. What word are you respelling?

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        By that logic Uranus would be called “George’s Star”. Then the English nationalists would would get uppity about its name.

        The discover generally has input, but when there’s a group of experts responsible for maintaining a list of names of things: they decide what’s right.

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            Farnsworth: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all…

            Fry: Oh. What’s it called now?

            Farnsworth: Urectum.