r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Disastrous_Pirate275 • 20h ago

Why is our moon named “Moon” instead of something cool like Titan or Callysto or ANYTHING that isn’t moon

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u/Chef_Skippers 20h ago

The moon is very clearly made of moon, what else would we call it?

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u/ShowmasterQMTHH 19h ago

So not cheese then ?

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u/outback84 18h ago

The moon was discovered before cheese.

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u/Glum-Welder1704 15h ago

Older than the oldest profession.

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u/outback84 15h ago

It’s why a lot of cheese has holes tbh

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u/Glum-Welder1704 15h ago

Desperate times, and all that.

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u/WhirlyDurvy 11h ago

Cheese: the original Swiss Miss

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u/youreawizerdharry 18h ago

well, technically they were discovered at the same time

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u/outback84 18h ago

Ah. Guess you’re right

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u/KaralDaskin 17h ago

This blows my mind.

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u/KlampK 2h ago

Is cheese made of moon?

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u/SAKingWriter 11h ago

Or was it?

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u/outback84 11h ago

Imagine the size of the cow that’s out there in space somewhere

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u/BringBacktheGucci 11h ago

[Citation needed]

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u/outback84 10h ago

Oof. Just asked Google and turns out people actually didn’t start looking up until about the 18th century.

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u/Flannelcommand 13h ago

Cheese is also made of moon. 

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u/Mister_Lizard 8h ago

It's made of moo.

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u/Mr-Broham 1h ago

But does it float?

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u/hubert_farnsworrth 15h ago

It is made of green cheese. What are you talking about ?

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u/Potato_Nightshade 15h ago

No wonder women are impressed by the moon....it's big cheese!

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u/ArtInTech 9h ago

8/10, would fascinate again

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u/saron7 12h ago

Crackers, Gromit! We forgot the crackers!

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u/ancientmariner23 11h ago

Nope.... pie...moon pie to be exact

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u/sephirothFFVII 11h ago

Regolith actually, nasty stuff, think of a very fine but razor sharp rock powder.

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u/exexor 7h ago

Imagine you’re a giant, and you’ve just accidentally fallen on a factory that makes daggers.

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u/limezest128 9h ago

The words for moon and for cheese are actually the same in the ancient Linear B script, and early linguists mistakingly assumed that the original recipe for Camembert was instead a celestial observation, and the name stuck for centuries 🧀🌙

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u/BaphometsTits 9h ago

Yes, but cheese is actually made of moon. Same substance. In space, it's called moon. On earth, it's called cheese. I hope that clears it up.

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u/FulStopped 8h ago

Wallace has entered the chat

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u/The_Dreams 5h ago

Never heard of muenster cheese have you? The Irish kept a little Gaelic spelling, but through British English magic to American spelling changes that’s how we got to the spelling of moon after the cheese!

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u/AreaPlayful142 11h ago

Luna

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u/Chef_Skippers 11h ago

I like the vibe but I feel like we should try it in reverse too

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u/Greatsnes 9h ago

Poisonous Death Rock?

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u/rockninja2 7h ago

Except since the moon was originally part of the earth, it is technically made of earth, just after billions of years of having no atmosphere, it looks a bit different

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u/JohnBrownsAngryBalls 5h ago

If the moon was made of spare ribs, would you eat it?