And I will shine the rings round Saturn or roll stones with Sisyphus

[sovay]

I appear to have named a satellite.

Mike Brown rocks, and so do the Etruscans.

And this was—to my great surprise—already a good day!

Comments

[sovay]

It's PROSERPINA.

. . . I know . . .

(I wonder how much metathesis is affected by familiarity. Prosper, Prospero—Proserpina just sounds out of order to English ears. So we auto-correct and the Romans are embarrassed.)

[gaudynight78.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And I realize that in my spelling-police fury, I neglected to congratulate on the extreme coolness of having named a satellite. And of the name you chose.

[sovay]

And I realize that in my spelling-police fury, I neglected to congratulate on the extreme coolness of having named a satellite. And of the name you chose.

Thank you! It makes me happy.