Re: Back!

Herman Miller <hmiller@...> wrote:
> I've actually been wondering about star names, whether anyone has names
> for bright stars or constellations in their languages.
    Gladifers, at least in the dominant cultures in the 29th century, do =
not
section the sky into constellations the way humans do, but into parts of =
the
gladifer body, based on the direction relative to a gladifer facing due
south (or maybe north, depending on several decisions I still have to =
make
regarding Gladilatian geography) at midnight at the winter solstice =
during
the period of history when this method was invented.  Explored planets =
are
named with the region of the sky they're in and a number, based on order =
of
exploration.  (Actually it's the region of sky that the chain of voyages
which ended in its exploration started out in.)  Settled planets =
typically
have an alternate name.  Suns of named planets are named after the =
planets.
This is why my story _126_Kisses_ mentions "Left Ear Thirty-seven", which
in Gladilatian is "Rna Fetsymy Zmrzlazno Marena", literally =
"Thirty-seventh
Planet with Respect to the Left Ear".  Its sun is "Rna Mesymy Zmrzlazno
Memarena Esnekar".

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             Dennis Paul Himes    <>    dennis@himes.connix.com
             homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm
        Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm
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Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle
brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance =
as
the air."                      - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse =
96-99