Frozentree Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 GRRMarillion is clever? Call it what you want, but GRRTH is the official name. Pronounced Gearth. I don't think "official" means what you think it means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berelyn Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I don't like GRRTH. Mostly because I constantly keep trying to pronounce it Gee-ahr-ahr-s. Gearth sounds nice, but it's kinda counterintuitive. So i just go with Planetos. Yes, it sounds cheesy and if it was an actual in-universe name I would be pissed, but when I need something to refer to martinworld as, Planetos is clear and easy to understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Grumpy Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 GRRTH is horrible. seriously guys... :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adara Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 ... Planet Bob, second of his name, Protector of secret Targs, gravitational force to bleeding stars, birthplace of a thousand and one theories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Greg of House House Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Google says it all: GRRTH: About 11,900 results (and most of them have to do with Star Wars)GRRTH + asoiaf: About 442 resultsPlanetos + asoiaf: 7,880,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Google says it all: GRRTH: About 11,900 results (and most of them have to do with Star Wars) GRRTH + asoiaf: About 442 results Planetos + asoiaf: 7,880,000 All that says is that the awful Planetos has been around much longer than the alternative. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Compos (compass) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkilak Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The planet itself (assuming that the world of ASoIaF follows our own celestial rules) is not named. As for the fan-given name for the world, the "best" term is the one that suits your particular audience. Your audience can be your own internal monologue, your fellow forumites here, friends who have never read the books, etc. - your personally preferred term isn't necessarily going to be the best term to use when discussing the concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The planet itself (assuming that the world of ASoIaF follows our own celestial rules) is not named. As for the fan-given name for the world, the "best" term is the one that suits your particular audience. Your audience can be your own internal monologue, your fellow forumites here, friends who have never read the books, etc. - your personally preferred term isn't necessarily going to be the best term to use when discussing the concept. Well said, but if we can't argue like a bunch of kids, what could we possibly while away the tedious wait with?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhymes with Weak Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Compos (compass) Compost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Compost. Even better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya kiddin' Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Compost. Even better What were you expecting with so many dead bodies lying around? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victarion Chainbreaker Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 GRRTH is horrible. seriously guys... :s Almost as bad as Planetos. The World of ASOIAF. Everything else is terrible or confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riptide Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Google says it all: GRRTH: About 11,900 results (and most of them have to do with Star Wars) GRRTH + asoiaf: About 442 results Planetos + asoiaf: 7,880,000 Owned! Off topic, but "Planetos" gets 25,270,000,000 results because it's Lithuanian for "planet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allison of Tarth Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Almost as bad as Planetos. The World of ASOIAF. Everything else is terrible or confusing. Too bad The World of ASOIAF is hopelessly clunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nausicaä Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 If you are going for symmetry, even if the name of the planet references the name of ours, it wouldn't be named Earth. It would be named Aardos, Erthos, Eorthos or whatever sounds nicer. And I accept the wide-spread usage of Planetos in fandom because it's pretty self-explanatory, but it's not going to be the official name. We don't call our planet "Planet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victarion Chainbreaker Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Too bad The World of ASOIAF is hopelessly clunky. Hopelessly clunky is an marked improvement on Planetos or GRRTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Greg of House House Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 If you are going for symmetry, even if the name of the planet references the name of ours, it wouldn't be named Earth. It would be named Aardos, Erthos, Eorthos or whatever sounds nicer. And I accept the wide-spread usage of Planetos in fandom because it's pretty self-explanatory, but it's not going to be the official name. We don't call our planet "Planet". We've had some books and so far there's no "official" name. I guess it's very possible that there will never be an official name. Maybe Apple will pay someone to say in the upcoming "world of ice and fire" book that the Maesters call the planet MacOS or whatever, but maybe we won't get an answer. Maybe people in Westeros just call it "world", why not? I'm no anthropologist, but I'm not quite sure every culture names the whole planet something specific. Therefore Planetos already won because everybody already uses it. It already servers its purpose: people know what it means. Obviously Planetos would sound extremely stupid in-world, and if Martin comes up with something like the ideas you had (Aardos is kind of cool) it will take over. But we don't need a in-universe name, the story works just as fine without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nausicaä Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 We've had some books and so far there's no "official" name. I guess it's very possible that there will never be an official name. Maybe Apple will pay someone to say in the upcoming "world of ice and fire" book that the Maesters call the planet MacOS or whatever, but maybe we won't get an answer. Maybe people in Westeros just call it "world", why not? I'm no anthropologist, but I'm not quite sure every culture names the whole planet something specific. Therefore Planetos already won because everybody already uses it. It already servers its purpose: people know what it means. Obviously Planetos would sound extremely stupid in-world, and if Martin comes up with something like the ideas you had (Aardos is kind of cool) it will take over. But we don't need a in-universe name, the story works just as fine without it. Oh, I agree completely, I was just talking hypothetically. I usually don't participate in the discussions about the cosmology of the ASOIAF universe because they bore me to tears, so I'm more than fine without official in-universe name or any extensive info about the planet - as far as I'm concerned, the story that is taking part in Westeros and partially in Essos is what's important, not if there are more continents, how big the planet is, what's their solar system like, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecryptile Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Planetos! GRRTH doesn't keep with the schema that Martin established. Westeros, Essos, Ulthos, Sothoryos, Planetos. It just makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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