The Titanese Times
Now that I am hoping to regularly update this blog, I have changed the title and the layout to look a bit more professional. Obviously the title is meant to convey a newspaper-style format, though being participant in some of the news will make it a bit difficult to publish scoops or information not posted elsewhere but perhaps I can add my own perspective to the satellite news of the day.
On the use of Titanese: it has been rather difficult to come up with a suitable adjectival form for Titan. Titanian would be the obvious first choice, but that could become easily confused with the adjectival form for the Uranian moon Titania. Titanic has become a favored form for some ISS team members, but it is unsuitable for me since it just brings to mind a very BAD movie. Titanese is also a possibility, though the -ese suffix is usually limited to nationalities from east Asia (Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, etc.). However, given the unsuitability of the first two, I am forced to concede to Titanese. If anyone has any other suggestions, don't hesitate to send me an email.
As stated in the intro, I will strive to continue to post on this blog for news primarily for Titan and Io, though I can't ignore the other satellites, except Europa, that moon will get no press here. Why? Because I feel like it. This blog will also not cover Mars, because it is not an outer planetary satellite and it gets enough press elsewhere. I will also post on the other Saturnian satellites as new results come in and are published. I may occasionally sway to other topics, like politics, but given the current political climate, I may try to avoid that. We'll see.
In terms of contributions, I will obviously look at them and post them as I see fit. Since this blog has a fairly small audience, I don't think an additional author is needed, but if you want to offer your services, I'll look into a dual author or team authorship arrangement, however I'd rather not have a site run by committee.
I'm going to sign off for now though later today, I hope to publish my thoughts on the recent Huygens images. Titan certainly looks like a very interesting place that continues to astound, amaze, and confuse.
On the use of Titanese: it has been rather difficult to come up with a suitable adjectival form for Titan. Titanian would be the obvious first choice, but that could become easily confused with the adjectival form for the Uranian moon Titania. Titanic has become a favored form for some ISS team members, but it is unsuitable for me since it just brings to mind a very BAD movie. Titanese is also a possibility, though the -ese suffix is usually limited to nationalities from east Asia (Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, etc.). However, given the unsuitability of the first two, I am forced to concede to Titanese. If anyone has any other suggestions, don't hesitate to send me an email.
As stated in the intro, I will strive to continue to post on this blog for news primarily for Titan and Io, though I can't ignore the other satellites, except Europa, that moon will get no press here. Why? Because I feel like it. This blog will also not cover Mars, because it is not an outer planetary satellite and it gets enough press elsewhere. I will also post on the other Saturnian satellites as new results come in and are published. I may occasionally sway to other topics, like politics, but given the current political climate, I may try to avoid that. We'll see.
In terms of contributions, I will obviously look at them and post them as I see fit. Since this blog has a fairly small audience, I don't think an additional author is needed, but if you want to offer your services, I'll look into a dual author or team authorship arrangement, however I'd rather not have a site run by committee.
I'm going to sign off for now though later today, I hope to publish my thoughts on the recent Huygens images. Titan certainly looks like a very interesting place that continues to astound, amaze, and confuse.
posted by Jason Perry at 4:53 PM
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p.s. I don;t like Titanese, but could live with it
I'm not happy with Titanese either but it's better than Titanian and there is no way I'm using Titanic. But those are good alternatives and I may look at some derivation of those. It's possible that I may wait until we have more than one feature name before picking a permanent title. Think something like "The Hotei Chronicle"
I like Titan Times or Titan Today. Most newspapers use the noun form of their location, not an ajective. i.e. New York Times, U.S.A. Today, Tampa Tribune, etc.
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