Re: Swedish alphabet [was: Re: Spanish alphabet]

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Barry Garcia wrote:
> > The reason is, probably because Greek myths are so well known, whereas
> > most people learn about the Norse myths on ther own or in University
> > classes :). Which reminds me, one of the books we are using for my World
> > Mythology class is a book of Norse myths (The Norse Myths, introduced and
> > retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland).
>
> I love Norse myths, the few I know.  :-)
>
> When the Alpha Centauri system was explored by Voyager 3, Norse
> mythology was used for names, for instance, the inhabitable planet was
> named Jord (or Yord), around Alpha Centauri B (I forgot what it was
> named), there's a large gas giant named Thor.  The Holy-Lifers, who
> colonized the system, renamed all the worlds.
For some reason, when the Maureen finally got to Epsilon Eridani they used
Persian mythology, renaming the star "Mithris," the inhabitable planet
Ahura Mazda, and the large, red and orange gas giant Ahriman.  Of course,
then they went into orbit around Ahura Mazda and found out in short order
that there were already people there -- human, that is, and how they got
there is a mystery.

Official earth business is still conducted using the "original" (Persian)
names, despite local protest, since they've already *got* a name, darn it.
United Earth (actually just the EU and the American Commonwealth) policy
is not exactly fair with the Hataso.  As the proverb says: "We're too busy
plotting against our allies to worry about making new friends."