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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
Aren't these the latin words ? (Yes definitively).
Probably just to make it "look strange" The same as the sometimes weird spelling and stuff.
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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I had never thought about it before, but I guess earth, moon and sun ar English, whereas terra, luna and sol are Latin, and therefore more international. And more sciency.
If you're telling an alien species the name of your world, it seems like you ought to pick something that speakers of other languages are happy with.
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I for one would blame it all on the ancient Latin speakers, and the influence the Latin language has had in literature over the century's.
(They are not around any more to defend themselves!)
