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What Europa would be confused for the moon Europa?
by wavefunction 7y ago
What Europa would be confused for the moon Europa?
- pvaldes 7y agoEuropa the old world's continent, as is known by 600 millions of spanish speaking people in the planet (obviously)
- brnt 7y agoNot just Spanish, just about every other European language except English.
- notfromhere 7y agoOn an English-language forum, the context is pretty obvious.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoComing from Belgium and speaking English a lot. Obviously, no
- notfromhere 7y agoIn the English language, Europe is the name of the continent, and Europa is the name of the moon orbiting Jupiter - in fact, its the first google response that comes up on English-language versions of it.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoLol, translate Europe from English to Dutch ( my mother tongue) I have an edge case for 15 million people in Europe ;)
- brmgb 7y agoAnd French. Also, it's εὐρώπη in Greek so Europe is the logical transliteration. I find it weird that the moon is called Europa in English however. French uses Europe for both.
- empthought 7y agoThe moon is named for the mythological consort of Jupiter, which has always been "Europa" in English.
- brmgb 7y ago> The moon is named for the mythological consort of Jupiter The continent too yet their spellings differ. That is the weird part.
- wavefunction 7y agoI guess I wouldn't expect to read an article about scientists discovering water vapor in Europe. Water vapor on Europa however is momentous and I can only wonder if we might be closer to finding extraterrestrial life somewhere in our solar system.
- reportgunner 7y agoI read it as europe. My first thought was "and this is somehow bad for climate or what ?" and went to read the article.
- Ar-Curunir 7y agoI think most people already know that Earth has water vapour :P
- pvaldes 7y agoAfter the last month of non-stop pouring rains in Europa?, no water vapour at sight. All is cold impacts targetting the nape.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoStill, the headline would be correct. They are water vapors in your Europe too
- capableweb 7y agoI would be less worried about people confusing it with some other Europa and more that people simply don't know what it is. Adding "Jupiter's moon Europa" would still mean the same for you and me who know that Jupiter has a moon named Europe. But for someone who doesn't know, the difference means they understand the context better.