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  • Terces@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 days ago

    Nazi imagery? What? What the hell are you talking about?

    The name comes from the French spelling of Ariadne, a Greek mythical character.

    • AnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      128·
      3 days ago

      Rocketry has an undeniably nazi past.

      Naming Europe’s largest rocket program since the nazis any variation of “Aryan” is nazi imagery.

        • AnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          115·
          3 days ago

          The I and the Y serve the same phonetic function.

          Then they slapped on an “e” to make it feminine. Standard French grammar.

          It’s still racist even if it’s feminine.

          • Skua@kbin.earth
            11·
            3 days ago

            Here’s French wikipedia calling the mythological figure “Ariane” with no D https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(mythologie)

            “Aryan” in French is “aryenne”, it has a different vowel

            France had plenty of pre-WWII rocket scientists, like:

            • Yves Le Prieur, who developed anti-balloon rockets in WWI
            • Robert Esnault-Pelterie, who pioneered the use of joystick controls and founded an award for advances in space travel
            • Louis Damblanc, who built the first ever multi-stage rocket

            What France did not have was a counterpart to Operation Paperclip like Britain and the Soviet Union did

            And lastly, the guy that picked the name was a devoted supporter of Charles de Gaulle

            This criticism does not hold up any scrutiny whatsoever

          • macniel@feddit.orgEnglish
            10·
            3 days ago

            No it really doesn’t.

            Aryan (/ˈɛəriən/)

            Vs

            Ariane (/ɑːriˈɑːnə/)

            How does the I and y serve the same phonetic function?

            And now it’s not just Nazi but racist as well? Get out of here.