The Maricopans are An Honorable People Act

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

WHEREAS there is no current method, other than via proclamation, of honoring our citizens, and;

WHEREAS there really should be something in place, and; 

WHERAS let's do something about that;

THEREFORE let it be resolved by the Cabana that the following provincial law shall be enacted:

We, the people of the Sovereign Province of Maricopa, do hereby create the Order of the Sovereign Province of Maricopa. Members of the Order shall be chosen by the Cunstaval, on the advice of the Premieir, via Proclamation. Members shall be entitled to bear the post nominal letters O.SPM. signifying their membership in the Order. The Cunstaval of Maricopa shall sit ex officio as President of the Order of the Sovereign Province of Maricopa and the Premieir shall sit ex officio as Chancellor of the Order.

Ok members of the Cabana, this is just a very rough idea. Thoughts?

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

I think I like the idea. I'd like to enact the bill bilingually, though, so that O.SPM and U.PSM are equally acceptable. Also, I wonder whether 2 officers might be too many for our quiet little province.

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Yeah I had thought that two officers was a lot but then the thought that one might be slightly inactive, at least (hopefully) the other would be around.

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Are there any other thoughts on this proposal?

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Not from me.

[Munditenens Tresplet]

I like it!

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

REVISED BILL

WHEREAS there is no current method, other than via proclamation, of honoring our citizens, and;

WHEREAS there really should be something in place, and;

WHERAS let's do something about that;

THEREFORE let it be resolved by the Cabana that the following provincial law shall be enacted:

We, the people of the Sovereign Province of Maricopa, do hereby create the Order of the Sovereign Province of Maricopa (Urderi dal Provinçù Soveran da Maricopa). Members of the Order shall be chosen by the Cunstaval, on the advice of the Premieir, via Proclamation. Members shall be entitled to bear the post nominal letters O.SPM or U.PSM. signifying their membership in the Order. The Premieir shall sit ex officio as Chancellor of the Order. 

VOTING IS NOW OPEN and shall close on at Midnight Talossan Tim on 8 April, 2014.

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

I vote Për.

[Magniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun]

Forgive me for my intrusion, but it's "Urðeri", not "urduri".
*flies respectfully away*

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Mar 28, 2014 11:07:35 GMT -6 Magniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun said:

Forgive me for my intrusion, but it's "Urðeri", not "urduri".
*flies respectfully away*

Not according to L'Översteir which is where I got the translation from. 

The Preimier thanks the observer for his comments but orders all non-Maricopans without business before the Cabana to leave the voting floor.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Actually it's neither urðeri nor urduri, but urderi (and I hope this minor correction can be made to the bill without disrupting the voting process).

Epic, I assume you're looking at the PDF versions of Ben's dictionary, circa 1997. Sometime between the publication of that edition of the Treisour and Ben's departure from the Kingdom, the CÚG recognised that ð in the combinations rð and ðr (between vowels) represented a regular allophone of d, and voted to respell all such words with d. We don't know when exactly this happened, but Ben confirmed it in a conversation with Sir Tomás Gariçeir in the early days of Witt XI.

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Since I am the only member to have voted thus far and since I have no objection to fixing a typo, I fixed it and, for the record, I vote për on it.

[Munditenens Tresplet]

Për for me as well.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Count me as per also.

[Béneditsch Ardpresteir, O.SPM.]

PER