• @Deestan
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    2710 months ago

    European explorer, pointing at wild animal: “Excuse me sir, what is that?”

    Local: “It’s a wild animal.”

    European explorer, writing it down: “Thank you!”

    • veroxii
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      1210 months ago

      Kinda. Although most people would say “dier” for animal in Afrikaans. Beest could be related to “bees” which is singular for cattle. “Beeste” for the plural. That’s what I always thought… That the name was more akin to “wild cattle” than “wild beast”.

      But I’m not a real animalnameologist so…