renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1229arrow-down1imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square72linkfedilinkfile-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-up27arrow-down1·23 days 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-up9·23 days agoBut they are turtles, like every crow is a bird.
minus-squareblinfabian@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoin dutch theyre called landschildpad and zeeschildpad (landshelltoad and seashelltoad)
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoShelltoad is a fantastic name for them
minus-squareTh3D3k0y@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoTuuuurtle turtle-urtle-urtle, turtle urtle urtle urtle. GAH, IT’S NOT A TORTOISE
minus-squarerenzev@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down26·23 days 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-up6·23 days 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.
in dutch theyre called landschildpad and zeeschildpad (landshelltoad and seashelltoad)
Shelltoad is a fantastic name for them
Tuuuurtle turtle-urtle-urtle, turtle urtle urtle urtle. GAH, IT’S NOT A TORTOISE
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