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Post by frikanzee on Jun 20, 2007 18:36:37 GMT -5
okay, everyone, this is what we're debating here. i've found out that in latin "earth" is "terra". now, if aliens were to make contact with us tomorrow, what would you rather tell them you were? and earthling? or a terran? cast your vote!
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Post by Kiren Brockett on Jun 20, 2007 19:14:18 GMT -5
An earthling. Just because I'm used to it. Also because, if there are aliens, it's more likely they're called something like Terrans than Earthlings. We're original.
Terrans sounds better though.
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Post by theaceofspades on Jun 20, 2007 19:18:33 GMT -5
how but other planet names like Aldron Or Gears of Wars Sirra
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Post by frikanzee on Jun 22, 2007 5:19:41 GMT -5
terrans sounds more sci-fi. earthling sounds...increddibly stupid
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Post by vampirate321 on Jun 25, 2007 14:26:54 GMT -5
ah! terran=earthling! it all makes sence!! i watch an anime where the vampires(methuselah) called the humans (from earth) terrans!! ha!! i always wondered what that ment!!
i think terran is cooler, but we all call oursleves earthlings. and the probes we send out say we be earthlings, so the aliens probably know us as earthlings. and we say we live on earth, not terra, so though terra is cooler, we are, would, and will always will be earthlings of planet earth
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Post by frikanzee on Jun 25, 2007 14:36:02 GMT -5
i'm gonna get a worldwide pettition to get the planet's name chaned. who even thought of changing the name, anyway? we should have just left "terra" alone!
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Post by vampirate321 on Jun 25, 2007 14:41:32 GMT -5
they killed my pluto planet, we will save Terra!!!
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Post by frikanzee on Jul 2, 2007 13:33:52 GMT -5
you know, i haven't actaully watched the news in forever. what did they do to pluto?
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Post by Broker of Darkness on Jul 3, 2007 22:13:29 GMT -5
*Thinks about his Teen Titans days....* Terra was a tratior and she died in the comics....Then the TV show sugar coated it....
Anyway....I like earth cause Latin is Latin....Nobody speaks Latin so when I'm conversing with aliens i'd stick to english...
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Post by theaceofspades on Jul 4, 2007 0:31:36 GMT -5
YA Aku should totally make a comic book section I carve for comic book rants (All who call us nerds sshall bern Were not nerds were just Obsessed with Harry potter and monty python ) Makeing us Fanboys and or Fangirls ) wow I can rant ya terra all ways buged me
Oh ya broker who do you think win in a foot race the Flash or Superman
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Post by Broker of Darkness on Jul 4, 2007 11:35:18 GMT -5
Superman...(which I hate to say because I dont like him...) The flash is the fastest man on earth...But Superman is not a man hes from Krypton...Thats my opinon... But there are times when they have actually raced and they were actually equally matched....
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Post by theaceofspades on Jul 4, 2007 12:01:48 GMT -5
Dude the flash would totally win
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Post by salthegemini on Jul 4, 2007 15:21:46 GMT -5
Earthlings.
As Vam said we live on Earth, not Terra... Terra sounds to much like a name.....I have the strange feeling that I know someone named Terra........I read a book where the girls name was 'earth' though it was in german and I can't remember exactly what it was......
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Post by salthegemini on Jul 4, 2007 15:25:31 GMT -5
Wikipedia says about Pluto:
Pluto, also designated 134340 Pluto, is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Originally considered a planet, Pluto has since been recognised as the largest member of a distinct region called the Kuiper belt. From the time of its discovery in 1930 until 2006, Pluto was considered the Solar System's ninth planet. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries however, many objects similar to Pluto were discovered in the outer solar system, most notably the scattered disc object Eris, which is 27% more massive than Pluto. On August 24, 2006 the IAU defined the term "planet" for the first time. This definition excluded Pluto from planethood, and reclassified it under the new category of dwarf planet along with Eris and Ceres. After the reclassification, Pluto was added to the list of minor planets and given the number 134340
So yeah....I think pluto should have remained a planet....
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Post by salthegemini on Jul 4, 2007 15:27:56 GMT -5
Latin is a pain in the but at times, its a dead language so no new words are added.....Pencil Sharpener in Latin roughly translates to 'tool used for the sharpening of writing styluses' and in latin I think its about four words long.....
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Post by frikanzee on Jul 5, 2007 12:58:46 GMT -5
nice...i still say terra sounds cooler. i have the funny feeling that if i were to tell some ET that i was from earth i would get laughed at... and ace, broker...we are nerds. you're just in denial.
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Post by theaceofspades on Jul 5, 2007 13:25:03 GMT -5
no I have a short attenion span and a sence of style there for makeing me a GAMER not a nerd nerd is so damening at I'm a geek
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Post by Zaldax on Jul 5, 2007 22:06:47 GMT -5
Terra Definitly, because it's a cooler name and eventually, in the far future, will probably replace Earth as a name anyway.... i mean, in most languages Terra is the name for our planet anyway...yeah....
I think we'll be known as "Humans" to aliens, personally. (Novel concept, isn't it?), I mean, more often than not, a races name for themselves typically is not the same as their planet, unless humans named them (In Sci-Fi, of course). Think about it. I can name more Aliens not named after planets than that are.
From the Warhammer 40k universe (I don't expect anyone to know what that is, but...)
Orks Eldar Necrontyr Hrud
Named After Planets Tau Tyranids
Named by Humans Tau Tyranids
...um...of major's that's it....even among major minors, (All on list are either major minors or Majors)....
Heck, even in other Sci-Fi's Aliens are known by what they call themselves, not the name of their planet....
But If i have to choose between the 2, Terrans....Sounds wayyyy better and is shorter than "Earthlings"...
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Post by frikanzee on Jul 6, 2007 6:41:12 GMT -5
i would still rather be a human from TERRA than EARTH. and ace, the fact that you desperately try to differentiate between nerds and gamers just makes you more of a nerd. be proud, it's better than half the alternatives.
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Post by theaceofspades on Jul 6, 2007 6:46:08 GMT -5
F-u
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