renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1426file-text
arrow-up1426imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square111linkfedilinkfile-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-up41·6 days agoTortoises 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-up9·6 days agoBoth are translated “tortue” in french However to be fair, it could be specified “Tortue marine” and “Tortue terrestre”
minus-squareptu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoAnd 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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