What do you call the residents of planet Earth?

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aliensalmon 1 Jul @ 8:30pm

For example, residents of the USA are called Americans (in the English language, at least). People from France are called French (also in the English language).

In terms of astronomical bodies, hypothetical residents of Mars are called Martians, in Venus they are called Venusians. But what about the residents of Earth?

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salamander 1 Jul @ 8:31pm

earthlings

aliensalmon 1 Jul @ 8:31pm

Originally posted by salamander:
earthlings

That's my term as well!

Emperor Prussia 1 Jul @ 8:32pm

Originally posted by aliensalmon:
For example, residents of the USA are called Americans (in the English language, at least). People from France are called French (also in the English language).

In terms of astronomical bodies, hypothetical residents of Mars are called Martians, in Venus they are called Venusians. But what about the residents of Earth?

I think for some aliens out there, they probably refer to us as Terrans. As Terra could be what they call Earth.

aliensalmon 1 Jul @ 8:33pm

Originally posted by Emperor Prussia:
Originally posted by aliensalmon:
For example, residents of the USA are called Americans (in the English language, at least). People from France are called French (also in the English language).

In terms of astronomical bodies, hypothetical residents of Mars are called Martians, in Venus they are called Venusians. But what about the residents of Earth?

I think for some aliens out there, they probably refer to us as Terrans. As Terra could be what they call Earth.

Also heard about this one as well.

salamander 1 Jul @ 8:33pm

Originally posted by Emperor Prussia:
Originally posted by aliensalmon:
For example, residents of the USA are called Americans (in the English language, at least). People from France are called French (also in the English language).

In terms of astronomical bodies, hypothetical residents of Mars are called Martians, in Venus they are called Venusians. But what about the residents of Earth?

I think for some aliens out there, they probably refer to us as Terrans. As Terra could be what they call Earth.

terrans does sound cooler, and also brings us one step closer to serving the god emperor of holy terra.

ṼṏẌṏḭḊ 1 Jul @ 8:33pm

Peasants.

HypersleepyNaputunia 1 Jul @ 8:33pm

Terrans

Emperor Prussia 1 Jul @ 8:34pm

Originally posted by salamander:
Originally posted by Emperor Prussia:

I think for some aliens out there, they probably refer to us as Terrans. As Terra could be what they call Earth.

terrans does sound cooler, and also brings us one step closer to serving the god emperor of holy terra.

Yea no, I cant do that.

Im already an Emperor, mainly for this Empire.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3470127281

tom milo 1 Jul @ 8:35pm

Originally posted by Emperor Prussia:
Originally posted by aliensalmon:
For example, residents of the USA are called Americans (in the English language, at least). People from France are called French (also in the English language).

In terms of astronomical bodies, hypothetical residents of Mars are called Martians, in Venus they are called Venusians. But what about the residents of Earth?

I think for some aliens out there, they probably refer to us as Terrans. As Terra could be what they call Earth.

Why would aliens use a human word to describe earth?

󠀡󠀡 1 Jul @ 8:35pm

npc's

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salamander 1 Jul @ 8:36pm

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡:
npc's

so are the martians the player characters?

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󠀡󠀡 1 Jul @ 8:37pm

this would be GRAND

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Emperor Prussia 1 Jul @ 8:37pm

Originally posted by tom five:
Originally posted by Emperor Prussia:

I think for some aliens out there, they probably refer to us as Terrans. As Terra could be what they call Earth.
Why would aliens use a human word to describe earth?

I dont know, I never visited alien planets. Its just a guess.

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salamander 1 Jul @ 8:38pm

Originally posted by tom five:
Originally posted by Emperor Prussia:

I think for some aliens out there, they probably refer to us as Terrans. As Terra could be what they call Earth.
Why would aliens use a human word to describe earth?

i mean they would just refer to us as aliens, it would not make sense for them to be referring to us as either earthlings or terrans until they made contact with us and learned our planets name. and this is assuming that they themselves do not already have a name for our planet

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