Steve Sloan II wrote:
>
> Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> > [BTW, is it "Milky Way" or "Milky-Way" ?]
>
> "Milky Way". According to the web search I did, the
> "Way" in "Milky Way" means "road" -- something I
> didn't realize until now. Like that Roman road named
> the Appian Way, it wouldn't have a hyphen.
And the "Milky" part of it comes from a myth that it's the milk spilling
out of a goddess's breast into the sky.
Julia
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