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Jutyrannus :
The distinction between words “poison” and “venom” is also just an English language problem. In most languages they’re the same word
2026-04-09 13:44:22
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Almalexia :
See also: frogs & toads.
2026-04-09 01:22:45
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Vox 🇳🇱🏳️⚧️ :
In Dutch it's also the same for turtle and tortoise. We just call it schildpad (shieldtoad). We differentiate by saying sea- or land turtle.
2026-04-09 12:39:02
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Dr. Rune :
But conversely, in Spanish we have two words for Owl, depending on the species.
2026-04-09 02:08:00
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Charlie :
what about doves /pigeons?
2026-04-09 07:05:52
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Xxx :
Kind of similar but in French the have one word for crows and ravens
2026-04-09 09:55:14
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florestfern :
It is like how tortoise and turtle are separate words in English but not in Dutch, which always annoyed me until I learned tortoise are technically turtles but not all turtles are tortoise, but it explains why people keep calling sea or freshwater turtles tortoise when they're not 😭 idk how correct this is, please correct me if I am wrong?
2026-04-09 03:41:18
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Cultist O :
A common issue in translation, is that different languages will use different taxonomic ranks as their "normal" words. For example, English considers "squid" and "otopus" as normal words, with "cephalopod" being a "sciency" word, while a typical Sweedish speaker uses "bläckfisk" for all cephalopods, and wouldn't normally know the names for the more specific groups.
2026-04-09 02:19:56
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Sarah :
I think Capuchins are named after the order of Monks so them being little monks makes some sense to me.
2026-04-09 06:14:51
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Vicky🇮🇨 :
wait who in spanish is calling lemurs and gorillas monos cause, no, we dont do that???
2026-04-09 07:51:02
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Thea Wikipedia🤞 :
In Swedish we also only have one word for squid and octopus😭
2026-04-09 11:42:32
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Yuki :
In Dutch we also have the same word for slug and snail. 🐌 this we can call “house snail” and slug can be “naked snail”
2026-04-10 12:30:10
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Mrs. Rabbit 🏳️⚧️🏳🌈 :
I don't think this helps solve the mystery at all, but there is a group of monks called Capuchin Monks, which is where the name for capuchin monkeys came from. I always thought that was just the Capuchin part though
2026-04-09 10:42:32
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dr_the_goat :
French have two words for different types of Owls. an owl is either a hibou or a chouette
2026-04-13 20:15:28
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Douglas :
The word "capuchin" derives from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who wear brown robes with large hoods. When Portuguese explorers reached the Americas in the 15th century, they found small monkeys whose coloring resembled these friars, especially when in their robes with hoods down, and named them capuchins.
2026-04-09 09:58:06
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Jeroen Rombouts :
Reynaerd the Fox has a Middle Dutch origin, not German. "Van den vos Reynaerde" from 1260 by Willem die Madocke maecte (Willem who made Madock)
2026-04-09 08:40:26
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Hestiaax :
In French we have almost have the same word for moth and butterfly 😭 Like butterfly = papillon and Moth = papillon de nuit (meaning night butterfly 😭)
2026-04-10 09:40:24
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Grenangle :
All bolognaise is a ragu not all ragu is a bolognaise.
2026-04-09 00:31:43
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Clara Bravo :
I have a hard time with lime/lemon because in my language they are both the same word (with qualifiers if needed)
2026-04-11 15:52:44
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Vequi :
Same with Frogs/Toads and Turtles/Tortoises. We have the word for them separately, but we dont really use it.
2026-04-09 21:32:48
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pitmezzari :
Reynard the Fox is the reason foxes are called renard in French
2026-04-09 10:28:59
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D. A. (Dae) 🏳️⚧️ :
Historically we tend to take other language words for the same thing, and repurpose them to mean something slightly different in English, adding nuance to our vocabulary.
2026-04-09 15:38:12
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BetaMonkey After Hours :
Reynard the Fox mentioned!
2026-04-09 03:16:04
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Techniskeptic :
In Swedish, bläckfisk (ink fish) is used for both cuttlefish and octopus. Also, both Santa Claus and gnome is translated to tomte.
2026-04-09 13:16:38
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🧡an arky🧡 :
HELLO YOU ARE VERY COOL
2026-04-08 23:33:42
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