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What’s in a name? (i.imgur.com)
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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

This is just because English sucks, or English speaking people suck at naming things. Let me show you how it's done:

In Dutch:

Horseshoe crabs are called "dagger crabs", and look what it's dragging behind.

Cuttlefish are called "ink fish", and tadaa.

Jellyfish are "kwallen", which means roughly "annoying person", and they're pretty annoying.

Bald eagles are "American Eagles", you're welcome.

A sand dollar is called a "sea coin", because of where it lives and what it resembles, which is way more accurate.

And a fly is still a fly.

[–] Blubton@feddit.nl 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In Dutch, the Common Drone Fly is also called "Blinde Bij", which means "Blind Bee". This is because this animal is neither blind nor a bee and the Dutch are very good at naming things

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

I read Blinde Bij as Blind Bitch lmao

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