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Why is it called Lumps of Earth?

Since the game is no on Earth, but on Ur.......wouldn't it make more sense to have Lumps of Urth?

Posted 16 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • One of the many definitions of earth:

    The substance of the land surface.

    Not necessarily planet specific. Our planet was named after the ground we stand on, because we couldn't be imaginative enough to call it something different like Ur. :)
    Posted 16 months ago by Kungaloosh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah, but that is the human, earth dwelling definition ;) I was just thinking...if I lived on Ur, and did not know of "earth" would I still call it earth?
    Posted 16 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Urth?
    Posted 16 months ago by Kungaloosh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ahhh see, that makes sense! (And its funny!)
    Posted 16 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I totally agree, it should clearly be CLUMPS of Earth, I've been trying to change it for aaaaaage…  oh no, wait, that wasn't your point.

    And it's a good point (and I love 'Urth', Kungaloosh, that's ace), but then, if you start down the road of 'aaaaah, but that's the human, earth-dwelling definition. Whereas, as a figment of imagination on Ur, I might call it…' then where do you stop? There's a line between the relatable and the whimsical and the understandable, and that's the line that 'earth' sits on.

    If you can HAVE a line between three things that something sits on.
    I suppose that's more like 'a triangle'. 
    There is a line between those things, and it's a triangle, and earth sits on it. 
    In it. 
    Whatever, you know what I mean, right?
    Posted 16 months ago by annapeee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for Urth, that's great. It's a perfect mix of relatable, whimsical, and understandable!
    Posted 16 months ago by Muncey Mango Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for a Glitch naming themself Kungaloosh!

    "Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you, but always dress for the hunt!"
    Posted 16 months ago by BarryW Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL annapeee, that was awesome!
    Posted 16 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • + Urth
    Posted 16 months ago by Stormy Weather Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree Stormy
    Posted 16 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I too like Urth...it makes sense since we are on Ur....it is a really cool name...
    Posted 16 months ago by SookieYaki Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love the idea to change it to Clumps of Urth!!! +1000

    Kungaloosh...WOW or Disney Adventurers Club reference?  Didn't even know of the WOW reference until I googled it...I was a huge fan of the Adventurers Club...
    Posted 16 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 BarryW & B3achy

    @b3achy My glitch is dressed like Hathaway Brown circa 1998... ;)
    I've also got a fletcher hodges outfit lined up after my next credit stipend. :)
    Posted 16 months ago by Kungaloosh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Kungaloosh...too funny...thought the resemblance was striking, but wasn't sure if it was on purpose or a coincidence!!  Quite brilliant!

    "Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you, but always dress for the hunt!"
    Posted 16 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Dirt.  Clumps of dirt.
    Posted 15 months ago by Jewel Stoned Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for Urth
    Posted 15 months ago by Hutif Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for urth, with some reservations.

    If we lived on Ur, we wouldn't be speaking English. The English word for what the ground is made of is "earth," along with "air" for the invisible substance that surrounds us, "water" for the liquid in lakes and rivers and "fire" for what we see around something that's burning. It would be inconsistent to make up another word for "earth" without making up other words for air, water, and fire, and in fact, for every other word in the English language!

    The more I think about this, the more complicated it gets. Is the "water" on Ur H2O? If not, maybe we really shouldn't call it water. And if I were on Mars, it really would feel funny to call the substance beneath my feet "earth," even in English. I guess I wouldn't mind calling the substance of the atmosphere "air," but I probably wouldn't want to call the substance of the atmosphere on Saturn "air." That could be fatally misleading.
    Posted 15 months ago by Ferond Subscriber! | Permalink