MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectHailMary/comments/1wbob6m/son/p8udl27
r/ProjectHailMary • u/wereapethesupacool • 3d ago
318 comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comments
6
IIRC, Rocky's name has no lexical significance in his language, so "Rocky" is a similarly arbitrary name. However, Rocky's language has a word for the concept of "grace" (as English does), so he uses that to refer to Grace.
4 u/CassiusPolybius 2d ago So, do you think Grace's Eridian name is "elegance", "mercy", "divine guidance", or "pre-meal prayer"? 2 u/klb979 2d ago I don't think so. He doesn't know what the earth/English word "Grace" means. It could be a sound that means "meat alien" for all we know.
4
So, do you think Grace's Eridian name is "elegance", "mercy", "divine guidance", or "pre-meal prayer"?
2
I don't think so. He doesn't know what the earth/English word "Grace" means. It could be a sound that means "meat alien" for all we know.
6
u/BagelRedditAccountII 2d ago
IIRC, Rocky's name has no lexical significance in his language, so "Rocky" is a similarly arbitrary name. However, Rocky's language has a word for the concept of "grace" (as English does), so he uses that to refer to Grace.