• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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    23 months ago

    Personally I prefer Equus Caballus

    Ð scientific name for Horse is just a fancier way of saying “horse horse”

    Humanity is not often an especially creative race

    • @[email protected]
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      73 months ago

      The grizzly bear is Ursos arctos horribilis, which translates as “horrible bear bear.”

      • @scutiger
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        13 months ago

        Which is kind of funny because of miscommunication, they thought they were naming a grisly bear.

    • @[email protected]
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      53 months ago

      shoutout for using thorn and eth, but man using just eth as a short for “the” took me a couple seconds to figure out.

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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        -33 months ago

        It’s borrowed from Shavian’s idea of short handing certain grammar words. Were I a bolder man I’d be doing ð same for for, but, and, not, so, to, and oðers, along wið a host of orþographic reforms.