Talk:light year
Add topicLatest comment: 16 years ago by Stephen G. Brown in topic Old English?
re: it is preferrable to an alternative term in this case.
Shouldn't that be to use an alternative? It seems to be saying exactly backwards.
A light year travels a lot of distance.
Old English?
[edit]How on earth could Old English have a word for 'light year', when the term did not and could not exist until the speed of light was accurately measured?
- Because Old English, like Latin, is still in use and has developed a modern vocabulary. See, e.g., ang:w:lēohtgēar in the Old English Wikipedia. —Stephen 14:44, 29 May 2008 (UTC)