Subj : Re: astronaut
To   : Roy Witt
From : Ivan Shmakov
Date : Tue Jun 12 2018 22:37:52

From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan@violet.siamics.net>

>>>>> "RW" == Roy Witt <Roy.Witt@f22.n387.z1.fidonet.org> writes:
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov wrote to Roy Witt:

[...]

 RW> Astro has been in use for centurys, as in astrology and many other
 RW> endeavors.

 IS> The point is that Greek "astron" means "star," but as of yet,
 IS> there're no known cases of any /astronaut/ actually reaching any
 IS> /star./ (Including Sol, for several reasons.)

 RW> But there is no 'n' in astro, even if the word was derived from the
 RW> Greek word astron.

	FWIW, there is no "es" in "naut," either.

 RW> A star is something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.
 RW> When you see the glowing body of the International Space Station
 RW> (ISS) fly overhead, that fits the description of a star.

	It doesn't.  Not to me, at the least, for it flies just too fast
	to be a star.  (Why, it moves even faster than the planets!)

	But then, neither can I understand Japanese using "aoi hoshi"
	(= blue star) to mean Earth.

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