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(1/2) "Hello. We are from far away. What do you call this planet?"
"We call it: the #ground."
"The ground? Really?"
"Why? What do you call your planet?"
"Earth."
"Let me consult Webster's."
"Hey! Where'd you get that?"
"Earth: (noun) The solid footing formed by soil. Ground."
"It's also called Terra."
"Now my Latin dictionary."
"What?!"
"Terra: (noun) land, earth, ground. Got anything else?"
"Uh, no."
"Ok, then. Visitors from the other ground, welcome to the ground."
(2/2) "May we at least know what your species is called?"
"The people."
"Isn't that a bit uncreative?"
"What are you called?"
"Humans."
(flip, flip, flip) "Human: (noun) a bipedal primate, a person. Plural, people."
"Also, we're called Homo sapiens."
(flip, flip, flip) "homo" (flip, flip) "sapio... 'wise man' huh?"
"Yeah."
"Sounds like someone's uncreative *and* full of themselves."
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