Select-Owl-8322 t1_jeano1e wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:09 PM

Reply to A group of college students are sending a rover the size of a shoebox to the moon by speckz

> The rover will fly on a private rocket carrying 14 payloads to the moon, which includes Iris, projects for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as well as some humans.

Are they saying that they will send "some humans" to the moon on a private rocket?

Select-Owl-8322 t1_ittgwih wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:36 AM

Reply to comment by flowering_sun_star in Archaeologists have found the 17th-century warship Applet: Maritime experts believe wreck is sister-ship of Vasa, which sank off Stockholm in 1629 by MeatballDom

I man, the visual representation is an A with dots, yes. But it is it own letter. The english alphabet has 26 letters, the swedish alphabet has 29. On a swedish keyboard, Å Ä and Ö have their own keys. The pronunciation is entierly different.

Select-Owl-8322 t1_itpauo9 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 9:33 AM

Reply to comment by MeatballDom in Archaeologists have found the 17th-century warship Applet: Maritime experts believe wreck is sister-ship of Vasa, which sank off Stockholm in 1629 by MeatballDom

>Edit: Would the umlaut have been used in the 17th century? Vowel shift perhaps?

"Ä" is actually not an "A" with an umlaut, it's its own separate letter in our alphabet. As is "Å" and "Ö".

And I believe they were used back in the 17th century, but I'm not a linguist so I'm not sure.

Select-Owl-8322 t1_itp88rs wrote on October 25, 2022 at 8:55 AM

Reply to comment by zoinkability in Archaeologists have found the 17th-century warship Applet: Maritime experts believe wreck is sister-ship of Vasa, which sank off Stockholm in 1629 by MeatballDom

I actually think it's a little bit disrespectful to the Swedish language to not use the correct spelling, "Äpplet". I know that most non-Swedes wouldn't be able to pronounce it correctly, but they can at least spell it correctly in a headline!