• Leviathan@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          I feel like there could be Italians having the same conversation in reverse saying “Mi piace Moon”. To most Latin languages Luna is as boring and generic as Moon.

          It should be a name that the whole world could use instead of the basic word they use for a natural satellite because that was just the name for the Moon in their language.

          • Siegfried@lemmy.world
            41·
            9 months ago

            I didn’t know I was a writer, muchas gracias OP

            Moon is for unbased germanic languages like yours, no offense. Bar bar bar.

            It’s luna in latin, selene in Greek and I think Arabs call it qmar.

            • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.worldOP
              110·
              9 months ago

              It’s just a dumb name in whatever origin you prefer.

              I could possibly accept Luna if it were it’s official designation and everybody used it in every context.

              • Siegfried@lemmy.world
                31·
                9 months ago

                If it helps, it’s the official designation and there are some hundreds of millions of dudes that use it in every context

                  • Siegfried@lemmy.world
                    31·
                    9 months ago

                    This is getting out of hand, but the official designation is… you know… the official designation. And for the number, you only have to add up spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, rumanian and Russian speakers… there are other countries, but you get the idea

                    Edit: I’m a little bored as you can see. According to wikipedia, with data from 2023 and counting only native speakers, +1014 millions

                    Edit 2: I don’t get the problem here, maybe it’s just an English problem? Luna in spanish it’s not a thing, it’s just the name of a satellite. I wouldn’t say that jupiter has N lunas, cause those would be just satellites.