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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhy "the moon" and "the sun" but not "the Saturn"???
So no one ever says theres the Saturn or there is the Jupiter but they always say theres the moon and theres the sun.
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Why "the moon" and "the sun" but not "the Saturn"??? (Original Post)
USALiberal
Jul 2021
OP
It's like on the east coast it's just "95" or "I4" but on the west coast it's "the 405" "the 101"
mitch96
Jul 2021
#3
For the ancients there was only one sun and one moon, but several planets...
Wounded Bear
Jul 2021
#12
Croney
(4,657 posts)1. Because Saturn is a car and Jupiter is a town in Florida.
MLAA
(17,282 posts)4. You gave me the biggest laugh! Thank you!
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)8. Beat me to the first one. I hadn't even thought of the other.
SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)2. They would day "there's the planet."
Same as they would say theres Luna or
theres Sol.
mitch96
(13,892 posts)3. It's like on the east coast it's just "95" or "I4" but on the west coast it's "the 405" "the 101"
Different strokes I guess....
m
oswaldactedalone
(3,490 posts)5. Possibly because
The planets have names but moon and sun remain nameless. See what I did there?
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)6. :-)
dweller
(23,628 posts)7. The Earth ?
✌🏻
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)9. There are many moons and many suns, but only one Jupiter and only one Saturn.
Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)10. The moon's name is Luna. The sun's name is Sol
The earth's name is Terra.
Wolf
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)11. T but very seldom the people use those names. nt
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)12. For the ancients there was only one sun and one moon, but several planets...
which literally translated from the original Greek means "wanderer" because they were thought of as moving stars.