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They went by космономер.

• itsyaboi 4y ago
  Who did?
  • 6502nerdface 4y ago
    He/she means the Soviet astronomers called themselves cosmonomers. Like astronauts and cosmonauts, har har.
    • itsyaboi 4y ago
      I don't think that's an actual word. Perhaps a mistranslation? https://yandex.ru/search/?text=%22%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%22 https://yandex.ru/search/?text=%22%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D...
    • MisterTea 4y ago
      > He/she Use "they" when you do not know the subjects gender/sex/whatever. Much cleaner to look at and read.
      • 6502nerdface 4y ago
        I considered "they" but worried that it could be parsed as coreferential with matrix12's "they," so I used he/she which, because it is singular, refers unambiguously to the previous speaker, matrix12 himself/herself.