rtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 13 hours agoPersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1213arrow-down1imagePersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldrtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareloaExMachina@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours 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-up3·9 hours agoNamed for a dude’s wife, Charlene, and shorthorns 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 shorthorns into an appropriate mythological figure