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

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
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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:/"?


-Stephen (Steg), brother of the Left-Handed Lithuanian
 "there is darkness all around us;
  but if darkness is, and the darkness is of the forest,
  then the darkness must be good."
     ~ song of the BaMbuti in troubled times

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