LogFAQs > #879745693

You said "a liberal versus a Liberal". That's not the wording in question. The wording in question is "a moon versus The Moon". If someone says "The Moon", we know they mean our moon. If someone says "a moon", we need more information. Since there is no definitive Liberal, we cannot simply say "The Liberal", unless followed by "Party", which in speech, would be the descriptive factor needed.

The comparison was a poor one, because there is no "The Liberal", or even "the liberal". You would never see "a Moon".

Again, OP asked if our moon was just named moon. The answer is no (unofficially). It had a name other than Moon and Luna at one point as well. Luna makes more sense, anyways, since most other planets and moons have Roman or Greek names.