Just wait until they realize we named everything in space after milk.
Dirt Man
Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
“And your sun system is located in the milky milk?”
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Our Sun is a Sun, not THE sun but The Sun
Hupf@feddit.org 2 months ago
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Nah, isn’t it more Towardsbearland and Awayfrombearland?
Kirp123@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Arktos means bear in Ancient Greek and the name Arctic comes from Arktikos which could be translated as near the bear. One theory is that it was named because of the Ursa constellations (Ursa Major and Ursa Minor). Antarctica just means opposite of the Arctic.
The scientific name for Brown Bears is Ursus Arctos. Ursus means bear in Latin while Arctos means bear in Ancient Greek so their name translated is Bear Bear.
lime@feddit.nu 2 months ago
bearland and unbearland
Im_old@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They’re actually called penguinland and no-penguinland
Dicska@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This joke would be rather hard to translate to my language because we use the same word for dirt (as in, ‘soil’ - in fact, in certain cases for actual soil, as well) as for Earth. Or ground.
We only have a separate word for the unclean meaning of dirt, or a compound word containing dirt to denote soil.
I can easily imagine this as an actual attempt from a beginner English speaker from home.
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just wait until they hear about Virgin-land.
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 2 months ago
TIL what “Arctic” means.
RattlerSix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A bit disappointed this isn’t about the funny YouTube song about the Dirt Man
SektorC@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Just read one of Urusla Le Guin’s books where humans sent off some unwanted people, no scientists, to another planet and they brought up how hundreds of years into living there, they still give arbitrary names to things. E.g. naming an animal Heron because it kind of resembles one, but this is an alien world, so it is really not.
Anyways, at one point one of the characters asks why people still use the name Victoria for the planet, as this was named by Earth people. And then suggested to just call the planet Mud, since they got so much of it. Was half a joke but later in the book some people do use Mud as a name for it.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Yesss, I just Le Guin pilled someone last week. Fingers crossed they read it. They asked me for a general book list and chose one of hers from it.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Same! I snuck up behind and choke-holded them with Wizard until they passed out from Ged overdose, and then I crammed Atuan into each and every orifice before I left them for dead.
I can’t wait to have a new book bestie!
Toneswirly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The ones who walk away from Omelas is one of my favorite stories. Powerful metaphor, that.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I am going through her catalogue. Whatever is available at our library. So far I liked them all. Least of all Lavinia, that started off quite weak but also got better, but out of all the strong books it was the one at the bottom so far.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Ursulandia and NoUrsulandia ?
ook@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Careful, if you go there you might run into Zensursula.
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There is a clear thematic connection here, but when I started reading your comment I thought you were going to say it was because “Ursula” resembled “Ursus.”