renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1267file-text
arrow-up1267imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
Yall should remove some of these animal words and instead add different words for like the 5 different meanings of “spring”
minus-squaredanda@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up29·8 hours agoA turtle lives in water, a tortoise lives on land. A turtle’s not a tortoise, it’s not hard to understand.
minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 hours agoBut they are turtles, like every crow is a bird.
minus-squareTh3D3k0y@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoTuuuurtle turtle-urtle-urtle, turtle urtle urtle urtle. GAH, IT’S NOT A TORTOISE
minus-squareblinfabian@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agoin dutch theyre called landschildpad and zeeschildpad (landshelltoad and seashelltoad)
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoShelltoad is a fantastic name for them
minus-squarerenzev@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoMost humans live above ground level, you sound like your live in your mother’s basement. Doesn’t make you a different species, does it?
minus-squareMasterNerd@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 hours agoSo you’re just admitting you don’t understand taxonomy
A turtle lives in water, a tortoise lives on land. A turtle’s not a tortoise, it’s not hard to understand.
But they are turtles, like every crow is a bird.
Tuuuurtle turtle-urtle-urtle, turtle urtle urtle urtle. GAH, IT’S NOT A TORTOISE
in dutch theyre called landschildpad and zeeschildpad (landshelltoad and seashelltoad)
Shelltoad is a fantastic name for them
Most humans live above ground level, you sound like your live in your mother’s basement. Doesn’t make you a different species, does it?
So you’re just admitting you don’t understand taxonomy