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   From: Ivan Shmakov    
      
   >>>>> "RW" == Roy Witt  writes:   
   >>>>> Ivan Shmakov wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
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    RW> Astro has been in use for centurys, as in astrology and many other   
    RW> endeavors.   
      
    IS> The point is that Greek "astron" means "star," but as of yet,   
    IS> there're no known cases of any /astronaut/ actually reaching any   
    IS> /star./ (Including Sol, for several reasons.)   
      
    RW> But there is no 'n' in astro, even if the word was derived from the   
    RW> Greek word astron.   
      
   	FWIW, there is no "es" in "naut," either.   
      
    RW> A star is something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.   
    RW> When you see the glowing body of the International Space Station   
    RW> (ISS) fly overhead, that fits the description of a star.   
      
   	It doesn't.  Not to me, at the least, for it flies just too fast   
   	to be a star.  (Why, it moves even faster than the planets!)   
      
   	But then, neither can I understand Japanese using "aoi hoshi"   
   	(= blue star) to mean Earth.   
      
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