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¿Question #205?
Debate: Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?

oldhoss: Let's see. I now rename them rectal leakage. I have three rectal leakage bushes in bloom in my backyard right now. I am now sticking my nose directly into the rectal leakage. Big inhale. Yep, smells fine. Probably best smelling rectal leakage I've ever smelled. Smells so good, I might just sprinkle some rectal leakage on my pillow before bed tonight.
bcooperok: D'uh. No. If you don't understand the defining power of names, I can't help you.
Felimid: Yes ... but the name might only be as pleasant as "skunk cabbage" and the like.
Woelf: Not if you called them stench blossoms.
Nikku: In the same way my Farts would still stink if I'd call the Fragrances.
Great Dane: certainly
Jet_Fire: Yes, yes it would
Schwade: yes
ricardofo: maybe
count_zero99uk: no
Dathkadan: No, but it would still smell like a Rose.
alfblack: nope
Numskull: Sure, why not?
ironsizide: possibly. Have you got any?
Wibblenut: Would smell the same, but be harder to find on ebay
Ebon Wendigo: Pretty much
Impr3ssion: Only if it were named "Petunia."
DHEK: Depends on what the other name is.
elirlandes: As sweet as what?
Zelurs: Do you mean like borgratgrim sweet?
Elf__Man: not according to Hamlet.
diemacher: Only if you think that a rose does smell sweet
aleo09: yes
Kibbersdog: yes
Frodd: no
Leo-T: Of course. Don't cross the Bard.
greglios: Yes
WildBil: By definition, it would.
DHolte: Yes, but only if
SisyphusX: Roses smell fragrant, not sweet. Otherwise they'd make rose-scented candy.
Dorque: Yup.
scriptorum: Yeah, unless you pull a switcheroo on me.
ralpheous: depends... is the other name stenchblossom?
jasta6: Yep!.....................................
nouge: So desu ne.
Joanna Olsen: Sure
brainrob: Yes
Chairman7w: Yes.
Tennantgamer: Yes, that was the point, he was saying that the name did not matter.
POvidiusNaso: Sure. How about "sweety fluffy nice flower"? That might make it smell sweeter.
Dr. No: does a rose know it's a rose? would it matter? No change in smell.
puffinge: yes, even if you call it rectum
motoyugota: Of course, because it would still have the same chemical configuration
GrandpaDave: No
ssmooth: Yes, unless the name were really stinky.
CharlieWonka: No
Rukasu: No. It obviously isn't a rose then, is it?
Lord_Prussian: As sweet as this question anyway.
dakarp: Only your nose knows.
deadkenny: No, might not enjoy the scent of the "Killer Poison Weed"
leece: If music be the food of love.
AWildEep: nope.
TaliaIsabelle: Yup
Mike A: What kind of perfume does this Rose wear?
CapAp: Obviously./
skrutsch: Yes.
JasonA1: Depends
2amp: yes
jmagnini: even if I called it poopblossum?
heli: think so
Malacoda: It might.
snoozefest: sure
Karlsen: Of course
ptper: yes
AlorielLelyn: I'm pretty sure it would
isolated: No. Mental connotations are as powerful as the senses themselves sometimes.
Styro: Yes
melissa: Probably. But they might not be as popular as gifts if they were called Pigs' Vomit
Spielfreak: Sure. The rose doesn't derive its scent from its name.
CDRodeffer: Yes
Blackwind: a rose is a rose no matter what the name is.
DangerMouse: Yeah.
darthcliff: Yes. But a chrysanthimum by any other name would be easier to spell.
P.O.G.G.: I will not answer your rhetorical question
geberus: yes
Belash: yes
djflippy: It would smell the same, no matter what you call it...kinda like dung.
raolsson: Naming is a human convention. Before humanity named the rose, it had a scent.
Ludocrazy: yes
Shakar: It won't be a rose anymore.
Claytonius Maximus: when did she shower last?
BobDodgerBlue: Not any other name
Critical Mass: yes but it would cost half as much
AngusBull: If it had another name would it still be a rose?
viogression: Yes, unless the original rose was sprayed by a skunk.
seanp: Yes, unless it was a really, really bad name.
Denise: Rose is rose is rose
djlg: Yes.
jttm: Not if you call it Shitstinker :P
Eric Haas: Smell as sweet as what?
willythesnitch: yes?
WonderCinz: Yes.
EYE of NiGHT: Yes. Scent is in no way related to nomenclature.
PghArch: Sure.
kunnagh: It's about time they were called something else - 'rose' means 'pink', and a bunch of the darn things blatently aren't.
CheetohFingers: uhhhhhh yeah
tragicpoet: It would still smell like "boo, boo, boo"
nexttothemoon: Clarification needed...Is it a picture or an actual flower...cuz the picture would till smell kinda inky/papery even with a name change.
dietevil: Yes
janiera: It would still be a rose.... so yes.
Fawkes: Yep.
Jim_P: Sure
seppo21: I've never particularly thought a rose smelled sweet. However, I am sure my allergies would react the same no matter what it was called.
kostas: yes
Bearcat89: I reckon so.
skelebone: Probably, unless you called it the crapflower.
dklx3: yes
Reloaded: Yes, but to what degree of sweet would be the question... :)
shotokanguy: Possibly not, because of the top-down nature of perception and cognition.
HBGlover: Sorry, I can't smell.
nix342: Yes
shumyum: yum
MisterCranky: No. The olfactory senses are connected directly to the part of the brain that ranks geeklists, photos, and names.
louiseh: No
richardolen2: Yes.
netfilterz: Yes
CortexBomb: Would a malted with overdate skim milk smell as rancid?
Flyspeck23: Yes.
chaddyboy_2000: Sure.
WasQ: It's simply a concept
toucana: yep
ping9x: Yes
ValJor: Yes, for sure. The Bard didn't know what he was talking about.
TD2008YDS: i think so
Debate: Yes
Snooze_uk: Yes. Especially if it was called Supersweetsmellingflower.
Jon_1066: Yes
gnomehome: Ask William
fnord23: no