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cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

They could have named our galaxy anything and this is what we got

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They could have named our galaxy anything and this is what we got

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cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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  • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
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    The problem is that Galaxy means milky way, so Saying milky way galaxy is like saying the milky way milky way.

    or chai tea, ir ATM machine

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    I wonder what other languages/cultures use to refer to our galaxy

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      Vetrarbrautin in Icelandic, meaning “winter track”. Similar to Swedish vintergatan

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      “Linnunrata” in finnish which translates to “Bird’s path” or “Bird’s track”

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        Same in lithuanian paukščių takas. Edit: autocorrect corrected in to įn.

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        I like that name a lot

    • carmo55@lemmy.zip
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      Linnutee in Estonian, literally “bird’s path” because of the birds migrating south for the winter using it for navigation.

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      In Ukraine we use “Чумацький Шлях” (I’m not quite sure how to translate Чумак/Чумацький so I’ll leave a link to wiki dictionary ) but saying “Молочний шлях” (Literally Milky Way) is also right

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        Literally 'Chumak’s Way", Чумак/Chumak is a proper noun, so it doesn’t really translate

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      Milchstraße in German, which translates to milk road.

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      In french it’s the same word for word : Voie Lactée

      Totally subjective, but I think it sounds better than the english

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    The Dairy lobby is at it again…

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    Galaxy Vega = Vegans.

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      Pronounced as “vayguns”

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