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1y ago

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

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It does. The moon is officially called Luna.
Also people have been known to all their cat Neko which is Japanese for cat.
- Our moon is officially called Moon. Luna is just something used occasionally, but not always. The sun is also officially named Sun. It's just that those terms started being overloaded after we learned that there were other Moons and Suns. You can try to get all fancy with Sol and Luna, but those are just old Latin terms for Moon and Sun. They're no less generic than the ones we currently use.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Names_and_etymology
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology
  
  ****Other satellites and stars
- The official name is "The Moon", Luna just means moon in Latin. It's all about capitalization. Moon is our moon, and moon is any moon.
  
  And Moon Moon is my spirit animal.
- Luna is the Latin word for moon. It’s not the official name in English. It’s just called “Moon” in English, just like the sun is just called “Sun” despite being many other words in other languages.
  Because there is just one of them it’s not really necessary to give it a unique name, but there are lots of options in Latin, Greek and other languages if you want to get fancy.
  
  Wdym? Sun is the name, Star is the type of celestial body, Moon is the name, satellite is the type of celestial body. This post is a farce, don’t fall for OP’s BS!
- My cat is called Luna 🐱
  
  So perhaps we could name our moon Cat, or perhaps Felis, you know, for the symetry.
- Except "luna" is latin for "Moon", which means that in many neolatin languages the problem is still there. Probably Selene would be good for every language, She's the whatever goddess of the whateverness of our Moon or whatever
We did name it.
We named it "the moon." Or Luna. Or any of these.
Before that, it was a nameless rock.
- Moon is inadequate.
  
  I like Luna
  
  English as a whole feels inadequate
When I meet a dog whose name I don’t know, I often address him or her as “Dog.” Similarly, if I meet a cat whose name I don’t know, I often address him or her as “Cat.” It’s only polite. It’s a generic but polite form of address, like “Ma’am” or “Sir.”
The same goes with a moon. I call it “Moon” because we aren’t yet on a first name basis.
Tell me, OP - what makes you think that you should be on a first name basis with the moon?
- That fucker has followed me around the world peaking into many places I've been. I should at least know who's stalking me.
- That it is always around. Just hanging there in the sky. That we've spent so many nights together. But I guess it is in a way a long-distance relationship. Also its just a pale reflection of the sun. A rocky relationship, in many ways.
- When I see people on the trail I sometimes only greet the dog.
Some guys are named Guy, and some gals are named Gal. I see no reason why a moon can't be named Moon.
- Boring.
The moon has a number of names. Luna is the most common in English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#Names_and_etymology
Dear god, don't let reddit name the fucking moon.
- Moony McMoonface
  
  Moony McMoonbutt.
Moon, in Old English Mōna, and in Old Norse Máni, was originally the name for Earth's moon.
The term kinda just got genericised.
- What like Kleenex?
- Time for something better. As long as it's not "McMoonface".
Most people also don't see a multitude of different moons on a day-to-day basis.
The moon is a satellite...
- And could still carry a name. People assign names to all types of machines, aka: satellites.
  
  Yes and the name we gave it was moon. And satellite means object in orbit around a planet. It's not a necessarily a machine.
Is the moon our pet?
A lot of people call their cat "cat".
- I'm confident that many more use a name.
  
  Yeah, but each of them uses a different name. If you counted the frequency of the names, you might find out that Dog and Cat are among the common ones.
First people to colonize her get to name her. Maybe by 2050 we'll have a nice moon base, and whoever is up there will start affectionately referring to the station and surface as something, and at that point, she'll finally have her name.
- Possibly. Better be more poignant than "Alpha".
  
  Ah yes our sister plant, Landing Site Final Candidate 0X0054189.
Should we tell him about Earth
- Terra?
  
  The call it 'Le Earth' in paris
- The "moon" belongs to humanity. We should pick a better name.
  
  I know a pack of wolves who disagree
  
  The “moon” belongs to humanity
  Says who?
  
  Found the Taker.
Fluffy?
Mittens?
Paul?
- Doesn't look fluffy. Doesn't look like it would fit my hands like mittens. I'm not a fan of the name Paul.
  
  It's hard to satisfy you.
Obligatory, The Moon is a moon!
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- Hmm, she ain't so smart.
Fly me to Susan
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me
- Nah... don't like Susan as the name.
  
  What about Karen?
I propose: Leroy, the möön
- I'll add it to the poll.
We should give all the celestial bodies unique IDs instead of names
- I think every celestial body we know of already has a unique name/ID
  
  Like a serial number?
- Lame
I say we name it "Thatsno"
- Hmmm, put it on the ballot.
Moon Moon?
- No no.
- You mean Luma
Do doo be-do-do
Mah Nà Mah Moon
Do do-do do
- Na na na na
  Hey hey hey
  Good moon
Earth too!

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