rockerface ( @rockerface@lemm.ee ) 13•4 months agoEven more, the word “galaxy” is derived from the Greek root meaning “milk”. So every galaxy is milky
Annoyed_🦀 🏅 ( @Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ) 10•4 months agoGalaxy way galaxy or milky milk?
metaStatic ( @metaStatic@kbin.social ) 2•4 months agoriiiight
Manucode ( @manucode@feddit.de ) 6•4 months agoBut is every galaxy a way?
PlasticExistence ( @PlasticExistence@beehaw.org ) English1•4 months agoAnd where were they going without ever knowing the way?
criitz ( @criitz@reddthat.com ) 4•4 months agoTIL!
galaxy (n.) late 14c., from French galaxie or directly from Late Latin galaxias “the Milky Way” as a feature in the night sky (in classical Latin via lactea or circulus lacteus), from Greek galaxias (adj.), in galaxias kyklos, literally “milky circle,” from gala (genitive galaktos) “milk” (from PIE root *g(a)lag- “milk”).
🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English9•4 months agoWhat if the dude who named it was dictating and the person writing it down misunderstood and the galaxy is actually supposed to be called the “Milky Whey?” 🤔
Deceptichum ( @Deceptichum@kbin.social ) 4•4 months agoMaybe it was an act of resistance against dictators?
apis ( @apis@beehaw.org ) English3•4 months agoDown with this milquetoast toleration of the intolerant!
CubitOom ( @CubitOom@infosec.pub ) English7•4 months agoHave you met lactose intolerant people? They love milk the most.
don ( @don@lemm.ee ) 6•4 months agoHaven’t they ever tried just being tolerant of lactose? I mean, anxiety and depression are all in the head and so therefore can instantly be thought away, so I figure lactose intolerance is really just a choice. Pretty fuckin simple, if ya ask me.