rtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 kuukautta sittenPersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1286arrow-down1imagePersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldrtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 kuukautta sittenmessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareloaExMachina@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 kuukautta sittenWouldn’t make sense for the moon to be different than the god since it’s named after him (hence why they chose that name for a moon of Pluto, lord of the underworld).
minus-squaregeogle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 kuukautta sittenNamed for a dude’s wife, Charlene, and shoehorns into an appropriate mythological figure
Wouldn’t make sense for the moon to be different than the god since it’s named after him (hence why they chose that name for a moon of Pluto, lord of the underworld).
Named for a dude’s wife, Charlene, and shoehorns into an appropriate mythological figure