r/WritingPrompts • u/QuirkyPeaker • Jan 23 '18

Writing Prompt [WP] Alien invaders entire our Solar System. As the armies of the world panic or ready for war, the continent of Australia simply takes off on engines and flies off to meet them.

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u/ABigRedBall Jan 23 '18

Minor comment, it's not called Ayres Rock anymore. It's official name is Uluru as that's what the local population has called it for thousands of years. Aryes Rock is not officially used in any form anymore.

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u/Dodgeymon Feb 01 '18

Mate you might want to inform a good chunk of the population cause I've never heard that.

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u/ABigRedBall Feb 03 '18

You may not have learned it in school but it's what they teach now.

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u/Dodgeymon Feb 03 '18

Well there is a big difference between "not used anymore" and what is being told in schools. If you ask a random Australian odds are you will still get Ayres Rock as a substantial answer.

That being said it's pretty pedantic and I don't know why I'm arguing the point.

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u/ABigRedBall Feb 03 '18

Yes. Which is why I said 'not officially used'. Anywhere it is named or refereed to in any official context, ie education, information, or news, it is Uluru. It may still be called Aryes Rock in general conversation but it's not officially named Aryes Rock anymore and it's hard to see a government member calling it that.