in Arabic, for example, the most common one is “The Straw Way” (درب التبانة—Darb al-Tabānah), after the sheafs of straw dropped by farmers on their way back from the fields. In India, the Milky Way is known as the “Heavenly Ganges” (आकाशगंगा—ākāśagaṅgā) and stretches across the belly of a cosmic dolphin.

There are plenty of other names in the link, definitely worth a read

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When we form a global government, first order of business is to pick the least embarrassing language for our interstellar civilization.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

So english and french are super denied

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Embarrasing in front of whom, the aliens?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

That's the joke.