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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kevrob Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Meet the new neighbors: The solar system expands. Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:24:36 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <20d33f26-5b21-86fb-6e0b-9c133025325b@example.net> <6k0eejti8tuggc7vsl92nrvi46h6oaacp4@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:24:39 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8c512cf398d0c37448bf2986046d7cb8"; logging-data="3868988"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19unKdUADfVSmXqUnttjmfsK/ln97p2Upg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:McfGFQLWnLh2z5Bk7U7exXx+mrk= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 241010-2, 10/10/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 3342 On 9/15/2024 11:13 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote: > On 9/15/2024 11:57 AM, Paul S Person wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:03:59 +0000, quadibloc >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:53:03 +0000, D wrote: >>> >>>> Ahh... so Subaru expanded from cars to telescopes! And planet X might >>>> exist after all. ;) >>> >>> Of course you're just kidding, but for information, what happened was: >>> "Subaru" is a >>> word in Japanese - and what it is, is the Japanese word for the >>> Pleiades. Since >>> they're bright and beautiful, it seemed to be a nice thing to use as a >>> brand name >>> for an automobile company. >> >> Research suggests that >> >> 'In Japanese, the word “Subaru” (???) translates to “unite” or “gather >> together.”' >> >> So, it is the Japanese word for "unite" or "gather together", which is >> used as the name of what the Greeks (and others) call the Pleiades. >> >> If you think otherwise, what are the Japanese names of the Seven >> Sisters making up the Pleiades? And those names had better be very >> old, certainly predating any likely contact with the Western >> tradition, not just tranlations/transliterations of names derived from >> the Greek names or the Greek names themselves. >> >> None of which changes what the word is used for, or what the car logo >> has on it, of course. > > I'll also add that the association of the Pleiades with a group of > people is very, very old. Its found in cultures all over the world, > from Australian Aborigines, to Native Americans, to Eurasians > > Its similar to the way pretty much all Northern hemisphere cultures > share in calling Ursa Major some variant of 'bear'. Its been suggested > that the connection predates the migration across the Bering land > bridge. > > pt I had gathered that _Subaru_ meant: "Rides nice, but expensive to fix." :) -- Kevin R -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com