Why doesn't our moon have a name?

[spryte]

Other moons have names... why is our moon just The Moon?

 

[Andy M.]

I agree. how about Cyclops!?

 

[YT2095]

"Luna" I think it is.

 

[Uncle Bob]

The official name of our moon is....Moon.

 

[ronjohn55]

www.rathergood.com/moon_song/



John

 

[spryte]

"Luna" I think it is.

But that's still just Moon.

 

[spryte]

The official name of our moon is....Moon.

It deserves a better name than Moon.

 

[Barbara L]

Of course, even moon is better than "Big lifeless rock orbiting the Earth." We could have a contest to name the moon. Who knows, maybe it will catch on. LOL

Barbara

 

[lulu]

Isn't the term "moon" named after the "Moon" and there for, aren't all the others defined by the name we call ours? Kind of an honour really...

 

[spryte]

Isn't the term "moon" named after the "Moon" and there for, aren't all the others defined by the name we call ours? Kind of an honour really...

Yeah... I guess it's up there with Kleenex.

 

[lulu]

And, hoovers, lol, and the more conventional word for the Christian deity (am I alowed to say that here?)

 

[Robo410]

It deserves a better name than Moon.

Hey, it was good enough for Frank Zappa and his daughter, Moon Zappa.

 

[Katie H]

It's gotta stay "moon." How else are crazy teenagers going to "moon" people from their cars, etc.? Clearly I've lived with Buck too long.

 

[luckytrim]

..doesn't need any other form of I.D. ...............it's just THE moon- we've only got one, so we don't have to personalize ours............

 

[Caine]

Our moon doesn't deserve a name because it revolves around a planet that , rather than being named after a God like all the other planets, is named after DIRT!

 

[Caine]

Hey, it was good enough for Frank Zappa and his daughter, Moon Zappa.

That would be Moon UNIT Zappa!

 

[GB]

I call it Steve.

 

[Flourgirl]

I call it Steve.

Brilliant topic!!! It's like naming a dog, "Dog". (Yes, I know several people who have done this).

 

[Andy M.]

Consider this:

If there is intelligent life on any planet that has a moon we have named, what do you think THEY call it? I'm betting they call it the moon.

 

[JoAnn L.]

In the fall, around here, we call it "Harvest Moon."