rtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoPersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor
arrow-up1287arrow-down1imagePersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldrtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor
minus-squareloaExMachinalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoWouldn’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-23 months agoNamed 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