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😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

We should name the moon. Most people don't call their pets "dog" or "cat".

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We should name the moon. Most people don't call their pets "dog" or "cat".

😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    We did name it.

    We named it “the moon.” Or Luna. Or any of these.

    Before that, it was a nameless rock.

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      Moon is inadequate.

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        I like Luna

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          I feel like there could be Italians having the same conversation in reverse saying “Mi piace Moon”. To most Latin languages Luna is as boring and generic as Moon.

          It should be a name that the whole world could use instead of the basic word they use for a natural satellite because that was just the name for the Moon in their language.

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            Yeah well most Latin language speakers need to chill, so they can handle a little generic moonverbiage

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          That would be fine if it were an official designated name and used by everyone versus Sci-fi writers or poets.

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            I didn’t know I was a writer, muchas gracias OP

            Moon is for unbased germanic languages like yours, no offense. Bar bar bar.

            It’s luna in latin, selene in Greek and I think Arabs call it qmar.

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              It’s just a dumb name in whatever origin you prefer.

              I could possibly accept Luna if it were it’s official designation and everybody used it in every context.

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                If it helps, it’s the official designation and there are some hundreds of millions of dudes that use it in every context

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                  I disagree with the official designation. And the # is impossible to prove.

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                    This is getting out of hand, but the official designation is… you know… the official designation. And for the number, you only have to add up spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, rumanian and Russian speakers… there are other countries, but you get the idea

                    Edit: I’m a little bored as you can see. According to wikipedia, with data from 2023 and counting only native speakers, +1014 millions

                    Edit 2: I don’t get the problem here, maybe it’s just an English problem? Luna in spanish it’s not a thing, it’s just the name of a satellite. I wouldn’t say that jupiter has N lunas, cause those would be just satellites.

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        English as a whole feels inadequate

        • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.worldOP
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          Skål 🍻

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          Sparkle light with yellow icing just a mirror for the sun. These smiling eyes are just a mirror for the sun.

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