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   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   Rhino wrote on 11/01/2025 3:49 am:   
   > On 2025-01-09 10:23 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
      
      
      
   >> The silliest thing about it all is that an alien civilization many light   
   >> years from Earth just happened to name themselves and their planets after   
   >> two characters from human mythology.   
   >   
   > Actually, it's not that unreasonable if Romulus was the name given by   
   > Federation explorers and NOT the name the Romulans used for themselves.   
   > That kind of thing happens all the time here on Earth.   
   >   
   > Germans don't call themselves Germans and they don't call their country   
   > Germany: to the Germans, their country is Deutschland and they are   
   > Deutsch, as is their language. It's the same with many native tribes   
   > here in Canada. In BC for eexample, the European explorers and/or   
   > settlers called each tribe something or another whose origin is not   
   > clear to me but nowadays their activists insist on being called by the   
   > name that they call themselves, which are usually unpronounceable in   
   > English (at least to me). (This means we're probably offending them   
   > further and contributing to their animosity by mispronouncing their   
   > correct names.)   
   >   
   > So maybe Romulans actually call themselves Flooglurk but translate it to   
   > the Federation term when speaking English.   
   >   
   Correct! It is the Starfleet Translator's circuitry that is at fault ...   
   because, no matter WHAT they say, or WHATEVER Language they say it in,   
   'we' hear it in (Insert appropriate Earth-based language here)!!   
   --   
   Daniel   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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