Literal animals

3 years ago by karlboll · 467 Likes · 8 comments · Popular

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iccarus · 3 years ago · FIRST

these are so much better

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happy_frog · 3 years ago

I mean, "hippopotamus" does mean "river horse" in Latin. And, (un)surprisingly the German names for "bat" (Fledermaus) and "turtle" (Schildkröte) also mean the same thing as they do in Swedish.

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mr_pigeonwizard · 3 years ago

In Norwegian the squid/octopus is ink squirt, the sloth is lazy animal, the hedgehog is spiky pig, the rest are similar to what is in this post

ewqua · 3 years ago

"Spiky pig" I love that omg

catfluff · 3 years ago

@mr_pigeonwizard I love that our languages are so awesomely similar in many ways, I've been wanting to learn Norwegian and Danish - please teach me :3

mr_pigeonwizard · 3 years ago

That'd be fun, not sure how to approach it though

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ewqua · 3 years ago

Hahaha in Czech we also call raccoons "wash bear". And platypuses "bird mouth", or rather "bird lip/gob" would be more accurate.

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catfluff · 3 years ago

In Afrikaans, from left to right:
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Seekoei (sea cow)
Moordwalvis (murder whale/embankment fish)
Seekat (sea cat) ~ but squid is "inkvis" (inkfish)
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Luidier (lazy animal)
Krimpvarkie (shrink piglet)
Eendbekdier (duck-beaked animal)
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Vlêrmuis (winged mouse)
Skilpad (shield/shelled frog/toad)
Wasbeertjie (wash bear)

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