memesbycm0002 They could have named our galaxy anything and this is what we gotView original on lemmy.world69Comments14Reply
�🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉 lemmy.worldThe 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 machine13Reply
zzee lemmus.org9Hide 9 repliesI wonder what other languages/cultures use to refer to our galaxy6Reply
bbrb replysh.itjust.works2Hide 2 replies"Linnunrata" in finnish which translates to "Bird's path" or "Bird's track"8Reply
ccepelinas replysopuli.xyzSame in lithuanian paukščių takas. Edit: autocorrect corrected in to įn.2Reply
grinka replylemmy.zip1Hide 1 replyIn 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 right6Reply
RRevan343 replylemmy.caLiterally 'Chumak's Way", Чумак/Chumak is a proper noun, so it doesn't really translate3Reply
ccarmo55 replylemmy.zipLinnutee in Estonian, literally "bird's path" because of the birds migrating south for the winter using it for navigation.6Reply
CCaveman replylemmy.worldVetrarbrautin in Icelandic, meaning "winter track". Similar to Swedish vintergatan4Reply
HHadriscus replyjlai.luIn french it's the same word for word : Voie Lactée Totally subjective, but I think it sounds better than the english3Reply
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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
I wonder what other languages/cultures use to refer to our galaxy
"Linnunrata" in finnish which translates to "Bird's path" or "Bird's track"
I like that name a lot
Same in lithuanian paukščių takas. Edit: autocorrect corrected in to įn.
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
Literally 'Chumak's Way", Чумак/Chumak is a proper noun, so it doesn't really translate
Linnutee in Estonian, literally "bird's path" because of the birds migrating south for the winter using it for navigation.
Milchstraße in German, which translates to milk road.
Vetrarbrautin in Icelandic, meaning "winter track". Similar to Swedish vintergatan
In french it's the same word for word : Voie Lactée
Totally subjective, but I think it sounds better than the english
The Dairy lobby is at it again...
Galaxy Vega = Vegans.
Pronounced as "vayguns"