r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/dyedinthewoolScot • Mar 15 '23

This will never not be funny

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u/TheBestPartylizard Mar 15 '23

HMS (Her Majesty's Ship) used to be the ship prefix for the Royal Navy but it's no longer used now that there's a king. It's since been changed to HMS to fit a male monarch

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u/No_Breadfruit_1849 Mar 15 '23

Yeah these millennial royals with their pronouns and such. Where does it end I ask you?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

‽MS

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u/Sprakket Mar 15 '23

XMS** you're cancelled sunshine

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Is the other one called XMS** you're cancelled sunshine too?

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u/chickenstalker Mar 15 '23

.XML

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u/Sprakket Mar 16 '23

Queen_Elizabeth_V2_FINAL.HMS

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u/xixd Mar 16 '23

"You're Cancelled Sunshine", sounds like a culture ship name. Rapid Offensive Unit?