renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldimagemessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1381arrow-down1imageEnglish has too many words for animalslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square111linkfedilinkfile-text
Yall should remove some of these animal words and instead add different words for like the 5 different meanings of “spring”
minus-squarenyctre@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoThe good ol’ “All tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises”
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoplust tortoises are mostly herbivirous while, turtles are omnivirous, and will eat anything that moves.
minus-squarespitfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoLike with squares and rectangles
The good ol’ “All tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises”
plust tortoises are mostly herbivirous while, turtles are omnivirous, and will eat anything that moves.
Like with squares and rectangles