castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlcastiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
Mine is “guinea pig” originating in andes (not guinea) and them being not-a-pig type, whole thing is just wrong.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 hours agoWe really ought to pick one of these names to start calling them: https://www.birdful.org/what-did-native-americans-call-turkeys/ I’d be partial to the Muscogee word because I’m from the Southeast (and because it starts with ‘t’), but it doesn’t seem like it has enough vowels so I have no idea how to pronounce it.
We really ought to pick one of these names to start calling them:
https://www.birdful.org/what-did-native-americans-call-turkeys/
I’d be partial to the Muscogee word because I’m from the Southeast (and because it starts with ‘t’), but it doesn’t seem like it has enough vowels so I have no idea how to pronounce it.