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 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Embarrasing in front of whom, the aliens?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

That's the joke.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 10 hours ago

So english and french are super denied