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In [[Speculative Fiction]], the word "human" can seem out of place in a universe where every other species is named after their homeworld. Unless, of course, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100824162041/http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/lingo.html they come from Humus].
As a consequence of this, or perhaps just to sound "exotic", alien cultures often come up with their own monikers for [[Puny Earthlings]]. Indeed, the word "Earthling" itself is an example, and it also shows that most of the time, oddly enough, they name humans after our own terms for our planet and its surroundings, rather than whatever Earth or the Sun is named in ''their'' language.
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