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[–] 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the link to the naming controversy! Always entertaining

Apparently the controversy survives

In Hawaiian, its name is Heleʻekela, the Hawaiian rendering of the name 'Herschel'.

Although more importantly it never occurred to me that different languages have different names. I guess I expected one name, and direct translations, but this makes sens

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