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YNM

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  On 4/6/2016 at 1:09 PM, Bill Phil said:

How about Selenia?

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Anything will do I suppose. Like, we have "Bulan" for standard usage and "rembulan" for poetic usage.

 

  On 4/6/2016 at 1:16 PM, Scotius said:

Pffttt! "Selene", "Luna", "Moon"....boooring! In polish, we have really cool names for ol' silver coin in the sky: "Księżyc" for everyday use, and "Miesiąc" when we want to sound fancy and poetic :P How do you all like it? :lol:

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Haha, you should make the apsides for those words... probably someone will like it XD

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All these names are too complicated to remember. So I came up with a different and more revolutionary and simple solution.  I petition to name the Moon Æ.  We the name the other things based on their distance from Earth.  Venus is ÆÆ, Mars shall be ÆÆÆ, Mercury is ÆÆÆÆ, and the Sun shall be ÆÆÆÆÆ.  

Bodies in the Outer Solar System shall use Œ based on distance to Sun.  Ceres is Œ.  Jupiter is ŒŒ.  Saturn is ŒŒŒ, and so on.  So ŒŒŒ orbits ÆÆÆÆÆ, and NASA wants to go to ÆÆÆ by 2030.  For that matter, change the numerical system. This little buddy   ึ is stackable and thus provides imagery for how much it is.  So NASA wants to go to ÆÆÆ in  ึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึ.  

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  On 4/6/2016 at 2:48 PM, Butterbar said:

All these names are too complicated to remember. So I came up with a different and more revolutionary and simple solution.  I petition to name the Moon Æ.  We the name the other things based on their distance from Earth.  Venus is ÆÆ, Mars shall be ÆÆÆ, Mercury is ÆÆÆÆ, and the Sun shall be ÆÆÆÆÆ.  

Bodies in the Outer Solar System shall use Œ based on distance to Sun.  Ceres is Œ.  Jupiter is ŒŒ.  Saturn is ŒŒŒ, and so on.  So ŒŒŒ orbits ÆÆÆÆÆ, and NASA wants to go to ÆÆÆ by 2030.  For that matter, change the numerical system. This little buddy   ึ is stackable and thus provides imagery for how much it is.  So NASA wants to go to ÆÆÆ in  ึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึึ.  

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Is this a parody?

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That well disciplined science of naming stuff that has been named 1000s of years ago and that everyone will ignore once you name it.

Let me ask you a question do you call a dog a dog or canis lupus domesticus.  Even if you speak a romance language you still use perra, perro, cane, mashio

 

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  On 4/6/2016 at 5:26 PM, PB666 said:

That well disciplined science of naming stuff that has been named 1000s of years ago and that everyone will ignore once you name it.

Let me ask you a question do you call a dog a dog or canis lupus domesticus.  Even if you speak a romance language you still use perra, perro, cane, mashio

 

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...Either that, or everyone will hate you, like what happened for Pluto and Dwarf Planets. :P

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  On 4/6/2016 at 7:48 PM, benzman said:

How about renaming Earth as either Terra (Latin) or Gaia (Greek).  Earth is such a dull, unimaginative name.

Thought I would get that in before the mods lock this thread!

 

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Except that Earth is Germanic. It's similar to German "Erd" which is the same thing. Thank goodness for cognates...

It's not so much a name as a noun. The earth under your feet is the ground below your feet. I think this could be the origin of the name, or it may be a part of it. Earth means ground, there's a lot of ground on the planet, call it Earth.

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  On 4/6/2016 at 10:01 PM, Butterbar said:

What did you say, fellow human about the Æ?  The Æ is serious business, I assure you, and we should build a Æ outpost by  ึึึึึึึึึึึึ as a stepping stone to ÆÆÆ.  

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Using that system would be a problem. Say, you want to go to Titan, a moon of Saturn. How much Æ and Œ should you express ? Not to mention sometimes ÆÆ is farther than ÆÆÆÆÆ for half a year.

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  On 4/7/2016 at 4:56 AM, mikegarrison said:

The moon has at least one name per language, per mythology. EVERYBODY names the moon and the sun. Only English speakers would be silly enough to think that the moon has only one name.

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Do any other languages give it a name which is also the name of what it is? (ie: its called "The Moon" and also is a moon.)

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  On 4/7/2016 at 7:57 AM, p1t1o said:

Do any other languages give it a name which is also the name of what it is? (ie: its called "The Moon" and also is a moon.)

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French, Irish and Dutch all do for sure. I think it's a fairly logical thing to do, considering earth's moon was the only moon we knew about for millenia. We also often refer to Earth as "the world", and other planets as "other worlds".

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  On 4/7/2016 at 7:57 AM, p1t1o said:

Do any other languages give it a name which is also the name of what it is? (ie: its called "The Moon" and also is a moon.)

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That idea has cause and effect backward. We didn't name the moon "Moon" because it is a moon. We named it "Moon", and then when we figured out what it was, we said other things like that are "other moons". Just like we are now looking for "other Earths" around nearby stars.

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  On 4/7/2016 at 7:57 AM, p1t1o said:

Do any other languages give it a name which is also the name of what it is? (ie: its called "The Moon" and also is a moon.)

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Going by the translations listed on Wiktionary, languages ranging from Arabic to Welsh do.

Of those that don't, a fair number instead use the same word for moons and artificial satellites.

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  On 4/6/2016 at 10:37 PM, Bill Phil said:

Except that Earth is Germanic. It's similar to German "Erd" which is the same thing. Thank goodness for cognates...

It's not so much a name as a noun. The earth under your feet is the ground below your feet. I think this could be the origin of the name, or it may be a part of it. Earth means ground, there's a lot of ground on the planet, call it Earth.

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How about renaming Earth as either Terra (Latin) or Gaia (Greek).  Earth is such a dull, unimaginative name.

Thought I would get that in before the mods lock this thread!

Interesting.  I didn't realise Earth was a cognate.  I suppose both earth and erd can be traced back further.  Google, here I come!  You learn something every day.

 

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I don't think it needs a name. It's The Moon, definite article, not "a moon". 

Giving it another name looses it that status. Plus, it's a bit too tied up in human culture to change it now. Or try an impose one official name. 

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