Ursa Major means "the great bear“, though. Being named after something that’s named bear counts in my book as well as those of all but the worst pedants.
The absence of bears in Antarctica is a coincidence.
That’s what the secretly hyper-intelligent penguins who scared away the polar bears WANT you to think!
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
But isn’t Ursa Major a bear?
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
no, she’s a major general in the forces, you hippie!
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They are, in fact, the very model of a modern major general!
They have information vegetable, animal and mineral!
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Dammit, beat me by 5 minutes! I tip my hat to you, good sir/madam/other 👌🎩
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Lunar’s the loony, I’M the hippie!
Would you say that she’s the very model of a modern Major General, or would that be going too far?
Pringles@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yes, it means “The great bear” or “The big bear”.