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Re: Con-Names of Planets (was: Ability of Americans & Europeans to locate each others cities)

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 18, 2002, 19:10
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 5:45 pm, you wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:20:00 +0000 Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> > > writes: > > Some are quite transparent formations, eg _Taireza_ is "Earth > > (_Taia_) > > > > Andreas > > - > > Talking about 'Earth', does anyone happen to know why on the Stargate TV > show all the aliens refer to Earthlings (as a collective) as "the > /ta:ri:/"? > >
As far as I'm aware, that's the symbol of Earth as a planet...A triangle with a circle above it...

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