NotSpez@lemm.ee to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agoWhat’s in a name?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1880arrow-down136
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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoThis is just because English sucks, or English speaking people suck at naming things. Let me show you how it’s done: In Dutch: Horseshoe crabs are called “dagger crabs”, and look what it’s dragging behind. Cuttlefish are called “ink fish”, and tadaa. Jellyfish are “kwallen”, which means roughly “annoying person”, and they’re pretty annoying. Bald eagles are “American Eagles”, you’re welcome. A sand dollar is called a “sea coin”, because of where it lives and what it resembles, which is way more accurate. And a fly is still a fly.
minus-squareBlubton@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·11 months agoIn Dutch, the Common Drone Fly is also called “Blinde Bij”, which means “Blind Bee”. This is because this animal is neither blind nor a bee and the Dutch are very good at naming things
minus-squareZaphod@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI read Blinde Bij as Blind Bitch lmao
minus-squarePM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·11 months agoAnimals who do not live up to thier names Dutch edition. Dagger Crabs - Don’t have daggers and not crabs. Ink Fish - Not actually fish. Kwallen- Not actually a person. American Eagles - Found all over Canada and upper Mexico. Sea Coins - Can’t actually be used as coins.
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·11 months agoCanada and Mexico are still America so I‘d say it does live up to its name
minus-squarePM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down13·11 months agoNobody refers to Canada or Mexico as America. North America is not America and American is exclusively used to refer to the US.
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·11 months agoWell apparently not exclusively so, at least outside of the US, because the American Eagle is not just US-American.
minus-squareHumbertTetere@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoNot exclusively, no. It usually means the US, but it’s far from exclusive. Especially when it comes to species names, the assumption is absurd.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThere’s also a European Eagle.
minus-squarezeekaran@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·11 months agoCanada and Mexico are still part of the Americas.
minus-squarePM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·11 months agoAmerican doesn’t refer to North America in naming animals or its people. No one from Canada or Mexico call themselves American.
This is just because English sucks, or English speaking people suck at naming things. Let me show you how it’s done:
In Dutch:
Horseshoe crabs are called “dagger crabs”, and look what it’s dragging behind.
Cuttlefish are called “ink fish”, and tadaa.
Jellyfish are “kwallen”, which means roughly “annoying person”, and they’re pretty annoying.
Bald eagles are “American Eagles”, you’re welcome.
A sand dollar is called a “sea coin”, because of where it lives and what it resembles, which is way more accurate.
And a fly is still a fly.
In Dutch, the Common Drone Fly is also called “Blinde Bij”, which means “Blind Bee”. This is because this animal is neither blind nor a bee and the Dutch are very good at naming things
I read Blinde Bij as Blind Bitch lmao
Animals who do not live up to thier names Dutch edition.
Dagger Crabs - Don’t have daggers and not crabs.
Ink Fish - Not actually fish.
Kwallen- Not actually a person.
American Eagles - Found all over Canada and upper Mexico.
Sea Coins - Can’t actually be used as coins.
Canada and Mexico are still America so I‘d say it does live up to its name
Nobody refers to Canada or Mexico as America. North America is not America and American is exclusively used to refer to the US.
Well apparently not exclusively so, at least outside of the US, because the American Eagle is not just US-American.
Not exclusively, no. It usually means the US, but it’s far from exclusive. Especially when it comes to species names, the assumption is absurd.
Incorrect
There’s also a European Eagle.
Canada and Mexico are still part of the Americas.
American doesn’t refer to North America in naming animals or its people. No one from Canada or Mexico call themselves American.
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