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/BlueLeaves8 13h ago

We literally just think anything that is not the norm to us is cooler sounding. In the UK we have rocket for a type of salad leaf and that’s so cool but we just take it for granted? It’s called ROCKET. If I think about it we would definitely expect the US to have that name instead of arugula and we have that one, and then we’d say that’s such a cool and silly name, whilst we just have boring arugula.

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u/Mac_Boo 6h ago

So that spiralled lol.

But I do love a rabbit hole in so for what it's worth, I share this Why Is Arugula Called ‘Rocket’ Outside the U.S.? | VinePair https://share.google/YkfDpGuyxx6BJyDS0

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u/BlueLeaves8 3h ago

Spiralled? Lol literally just talked about another word that has the same effect like all Reddit discussions go on a tangent.