Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for April 03, 2024

They must’ve forgotten ‘Luna’.

Theia’s daughter

JJ does like giving Arlo erudite monologues but he also fashioned for him a spouse who knows it’s all part of the package.

Overthinking

The Incas called the moon goddess Coyolxāuhqui. Does that help?

There were various names given to the Moon by different cultures in history. But for most of human history it was the only moon we knew about. The ancient Greeks knew that there were other planets, but they didn’t know that any of them had any moons. It wasn’t until Galileo used his telescope to see them around Jupiter that we knew that there were other moons.

BTW, usually in writing when you are referring to Earth’s natural satellite it is written as the Moon with a capital M.

Tu’er Ye, moon rabbit

We could call the “Moon River”.

from the movie Breakfast at Tiffanys.

But all those other moons are named after THE Moon!

Arlo appreciates a nice moon.

The known moons of mars are Phobos and Deimos. But the first men to land on Mars found another small mall moon in a lower orbit. They named it Bottomos. (Not original, but I can’t remember the source.)

According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the Moon was named as such because it was the first moon humans knew about. It didn’t need a fancy name because it’s the one moon we’ve known about for most of human history. It’s not just a moon, it’s the Moon. When you say “the Moon,” everyone knows which moon you’re talking about. All the other moons in the solar system need a special name because otherwise people wouldn’t know which one you’re talking about.

Also to Arlo’s point, my cat of 17 years was just “the cat.” He’s the only cat I had for 17 years, so everyone knew who I was talking about when I referenced “the cat” or “my cat.”

You didn’t like John Wayne growling out “dog” in Big Jake?

Very educational comments. Thank you.

i sometimes call her Diana . .

The Pearls Before Swine cast would think that’s Just Fine.

An old friend of mine had a dog named “Kitty Cat”.

Our moon is loaded with arachnids…you have heard of Luna-ticks, have you not???

Right?

Has everyone forgotten that Earth humans coined the name Moon?

When my oldest sister was little, she had a cat named Dog

Or ‘Selene’

Arlo, just be happy that it is up there to “moon you” every night.

Back to front. We named the Moon first, then called all the others “moons” because of that.

A different view point. Only one moon deserves the title of The Moon. All others are pale in comparison and have to have other names so they’re remembered.

Jesus, Arlo! Is that all you have to think about?? I think you need a hobby, dude!

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore

I bet if we had two moons, they’d have names.

Our beloved moon needs no introduction.

For some reason, many people either never know or forget that the moon (Luna) and the sun (Sol) have actual official names.

Luna

It’s not “the moon.” It’s “THE moon.” In modern times it would a have registered mark with it and could not be referred to in print without being capitalized, lest you hear from the copyright infringement lawyers.

No, just “Dog”

How about “Daphne”? “Daphne Moon” has a nice, familiar sound to it!

Wrong time to bring that up. Almost seven billion people all with different ideas as to the name. Leave well enough alone…..

I plan on checking off a bucket list item next week. The eclipse totality is only 2-3 hours away from me. Planning on a day trip, hoping it won’t cloud up or rain.

I think the moons name is Luna but no one uses it.

“Everyone should have a name fitting their character,” said Sir Philosoph.

We should at least capitalize The.

We had a parrot for many years. He had a name but it was forgotten because everyone just called him the bird, including himself.

When there was only one who needed more?

It is kind of like “The Band”.

There is an animated cartoon where the family dog was named Diogee Pronounced D-O-G .

That is pure lunacy.

Does Selene know??

Columbo’s dog was “dog” and now I know I am not the only one with too much time on my hands

Is our moon’s proper name not “Luna”?

I know a dog named dog! He’s some kind of terrier.

Her friends call her Cynthia.

“Moon” comes via the Germanic languages. “Lune” comes from Latin via French. Chinese: yuèliang. Japanese: tsuki. Hindi: chandrama. Arabic: qamar. Swahili: Mwezi. Nahuatl: Metztli. Quechua: Quilla. And of course the list goes on.

Friend had a St Bernard named Kitty.

“To the moon, Alice!” – Ralph Cramden

Scientists have discovered that Venus has a moon.

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Remove the spaces

The dog on “Petticoat Junction” was named “Dog”.

I named my cat Dog.

The Moon Of Earth= MOE

Sheer lunacy

At least he didn’t say “the wife.”

You can also call her Diana or Artemide.

Maybe some day we will know what makes Lunatic…

Or “the family cat Kitty”

Just remember that the Sun is eclipsed by the moon!

I knew a family who named their dog Deeogee (D O G).

Speaking of the moon – I have always wanted to see an eclipse. We saw one 11 years ago – but not much of one. This one was suppose to be bigger deal as where we are it was something like 91%. Husband has no interest in same, but he will do anything I say I want to do as I so rarely want to do anything (or ask for a gift) that he gets overjoyed when I want something.

I thought I had our glasses from the 2017 eclipse – but when I checked the folder there was only one pair, so we got a second pair (free) from the same library as last time. We discussed where to go and see it. (Locally, as not able to travel upstate where it would 100%.) The day before we went to the Post office – we park in the parking lot of a small park, mostly a pool which is closed of course, and realized it was an excellent place to go.

So we went there. Now, I understood it would not be dark as night, but I sort figured it would be around 90% of the way to dark as it was a 91% eclipse here. In addition it was cloudy. So disappointing. It did not get at all dark. We were able to see it most of the time – wearing the glasses of course,, but it was a major let down for me.