renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1383arrow-down1imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square106linkfedilinkfile-text
Yall should remove some of these animal words and instead add different words for like the 5 different meanings of “spring”
minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·6 months agoGerman: that toad looking thing has a shield on it
minus-squareRolivers@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoDutch as well, schildpad literally translates to shielded toad.
minus-squareMissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoDet är samma för sköldpaddor. But also my Swedish is terrible, so that might be completely wrong.
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoHungarian: that frog looking thing has a trough on it.
German: that toad looking thing has a shield on it
Dutch as well, schildpad literally translates to shielded toad.
French: Was tortured.
Det är samma för sköldpaddor.
But also my Swedish is terrible, so that might be completely wrong.
Hungarian: that frog looking thing has a trough on it.