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“North America puts man on the moon” Yes. Yes it is.
by donohoe 7mo ago
“North America puts man on the moon”
Yes. Yes it is.
- anonymars 7mo agoNow let's evaluate "America puts man on moon"
- embedding-shape 7mo agoDidn't think it was possible, but yes, you made it even worse.
- anonymars 7mo agoA good title is brief and clear. "'Miracle': European Space Agency reconnects with lost spacecraft" is long. "'Miracle': ESA reconnects with lost spacecraft" is opaque. The first four words of the article are, "The European Space Agency..."
- close04 7mo agoESA is one of the largest space agencies in the world. There’s nothing opaque about calling it ESA especially in a title. We wouldn’t use initialisms if everything had to be expanded all the time.
- anonymars 7mo agoSo is Roscosmos, but in such a situation, "Russia reconnects with lost spacecraft" would be the more accessible title
- close04 7mo agoPersonally I would prefer to call it "Roscosmos/ESA connects..." than "Russia/Europe connects". It adds information for free while keeping it short, just put it in the title. ESA is more specific than Europe or EU, so why make the title more generic and opaque than needed? It tells you it's not a random team of "Europeans", it's not an amateur hacker in the backyard, or some intelligence agency. The expansion isn't really needed when it's a "household name" in the field. If you read a title about space industry there's no need to expand or explain NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, maybe not even for ISRO or JAXA, although I can see how some of these wouldn't be the most familiar for people in the West even when they have some interest in space news.
- graemep 7mo agoIts a common term for the USA that has no other meaning. The content is North America, the two continents are the Americas. No ambiguity. Europe properly means the continent so it is far more like saying "North America puts man on moon" than saying "America puts man on moon". Ambiguity is always bad. Some people say its clear, but I am sure a lot of others thought an EU agency reconnected with a spacecraft. Its interesting that people get so upset about asking for correct and unambiguous language.
- wat10000 7mo ago“America” has no other meaning? So USA means United States of USA?
- margalabargala 7mo agoExactly, their name is a zip bomb.
- wat10000 7mo agoDoing recursive acronyms centuries before it was cool.
- close04 7mo ago> Its a common term for the USA that has no other meaning Except, you know, the only “other” meaning of “America” is just literally the alternative name for Americas, both continents. Here is an obscure link to the description [0]. Even if you want to refer to North America, what about Mexico and Canada? The less you know, the less ambiguous it is. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas