renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 個月前English has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1427file-text
arrow-up1427imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 個月前message-square110fedilinkfile-text
Yall should remove some of these animal words and instead add different words for like the 5 different meanings of “spring”
minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·4 個月前Tortoises are Turtles, but not all Turtles are Tortoises. This isn’t an English thing, this is a taxonomy thing. It should be the same in any language, just with different words used.
minus-squaremenas@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 個月前Both are translated “tortue” in french However to be fair, it could be specified “Tortue marine” and “Tortue terrestre”
minus-squareptu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 個月前And its counterpart that stays only on land: Tor-twasn’t
Tortoises are Turtles, but not all Turtles are Tortoises.
This isn’t an English thing, this is a taxonomy thing. It should be the same in any language, just with different words used.
Both are translated “tortue” in french However to be fair, it could be specified “Tortue marine” and “Tortue terrestre”
But tortoise sounds like a French word
Tor-twas.
And its counterpart that stays only on land: Tor-twasn’t
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