▲ 375 ▼ On species names in Mass Effect (feddit.org) submitted 3 days ago by Tonuka@feddit.org to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (2 children) Are we Earthlings or earthlings? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago At the moment, if you're talking about Earth as a territory, it gets capitalised as a proper noun. It's not got a universal culture that everyone from Earth participates in, so there's not a proper noun to identify that culture. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago We're just Earthlings, worms are Earthlings and earthlings. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago At the moment, if you're talking about Earth as a territory, it gets capitalised as a proper noun. It's not got a universal culture that everyone from Earth participates in, so there's not a proper noun to identify that culture. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago We're just Earthlings, worms are Earthlings and earthlings. permalink fedilink source parent
