Thread:Techhead7890/@comment-27031772-20151018152234

Hiya! Thanks for pitching in to this project. You and I have stumbled onto a weird thing about the English language. I think it might even be a controversy someday, but whatever. ;)  Let's have a feud about it! (No, just kidding. I don't have the attention span to argue about a wiki about a game.)

So, the geo- prefix. I did cursory research, and discovered Wikipedia and Wiktionary both agree with you. However, I'm a semi-anonymous user on the internet, so I must blather on about my opinion anyway. Check this out:  our language is missing some words. (For example, in Spanish we have 'ustedes' but in English 'you all' is still considered regional slang.) In the same way, we use Earth and earth interchangeably, perhaps as a holdover from when we were unaware of other planets. In this way, words like geology represent a geocentric attitude, and should be improved. I suspect that in a few centuries when Mars has actually won its independence from the Terrans, using words like 'geology' in reference to other planets might be akin to racial slur!

So, in my awkward way, my wording of the article was an attempt to write from the perspective of a future independent Martian citizen reflecting on his history.

Found the precise words, finally! Areology, prefix 'are-', from Ares Ἄρης ‎(Árēs, “the planet Mars”)

If you have read this far, I commend your patience and open-mindedness. Not bad, for a Terran! ;) 