Given the system's history, it seems plausible there would once have been a need to take the "her" out of "Achernar".
Given the system's history, it seems plausible there would once have been a need to take the "her" out of "Achernar".
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
They will stay the same, you've never met the IAU have you?
Haven't you read the Frontier history? They were disbanded in 2018 following an attack from the terrorist group known as "Pluto's Revenge"
Fair enough, but my response would be that Achernar isn't just some random, nice sounding name. It has a root in Arabic and has a meaning ("The end of the river", that being the river of the constellation Eridanus). I find it hard to believe that future colonists, wanting to name their new home's sun, wouldn't just keep that heritage. And if they did decide to rename it, why on Earth (Capitol, sorry) would they just remove an R from the name and call it a day? That's just lazy.
Almost all placenames in the world are based on some old meaning, but have become warped in spelling or pronunciation over time. Your own state got it's name from the earlier Spanish name "Arizonac", which itself is derived from "ali sonak" (small spring). If such changes can happen in a few hundred years, what will happen to the names of stars in the next 1300 years? Even Achernar is a warping of "Akhir An-Nahr".
All words and names are fluid. The most unbelievable thing is that the stars would all bear the same names by the time of Elite.
Deeso Vs. Dizzo
Layve Vs. Lahve
Newtonian Vs. Arcade
PvP Vs. PvE
Kirk Vs. Picard
...
Stop that lol.
But a quick search online seems to suggest that both spellings are fine. I am sure if someone would dig deep into history they'd find the original name.
"Achernar (α Eri, α Eridani, Alpha Eridani), sometimes spelled Achenar, is the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus and the tenth-brightest star in the night sky. "
Source: Wikipedia
So the rotation flattened the star. I wonder if we will see that in game...
Well, no digging needed:
"The name originally comes from the Arabic آخر النهر ākhir an-nahr, meaning, "The End of the River" or "River's End". "
The 'r' is present in 'akhir'. So the original name is Achernar.
you masterfully steered away from the Deeso Vs. Dizzo issue
But there is no issue there. It is 'Deeso'. Since there is only one 's' in Diso. I didn't pay much attention to formal rules about grammar, spelling and pronunciation in English class.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Oh, I grant anything is possible. I still don't buy it as the canonical explanation when it's pretty obviously a typo. But hey? It's not like I will refrain from playing if it's not changed.
Maybe the should give all the stars a similar language drift? That'd make the starmap interesting, wouldn't it?
"Time to head back home to the Sul system, home of the Federation!"
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Never stopped us before!
But yeah, point taken. I was merely approaching it from the standpoint of IAU standards.
"Time to head back home to the Sul system, home of the Federation!"
Naaa. Surly it would go like this...
Sol
Soll
Sool
Soon.
If you want to be accurate we'll have to get rid of Lave.
doesnt the achenar system's description mention something about some "quirky accent of imperial citizens" ?
You know your classics, you
Damned, I was persuaded that the Emperor Durval ... lives in Achernar
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<chortles> With global warming, they might become an all-year-round joy!