castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?external-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-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-21 day 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.