Germanic languages... so descriptive.

Jan 15, 2021 11:41 AM

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Some of these are also valid for german. But not all, turtle is Shield Toad. What is a "Sheild" even?

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In Spanish the sloth is called 'un perezoso' which just means lazy and thats just fucken great!

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Tbf hippopotamus also literally means river horse...

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The sloth is a "lazy animal" in German

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Aren't we all, in german?

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Jellyfish in Irish is Smugairle RĂ³in which means Seal Snot.

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Hebrew: Nile horse, Killer, Eightfish, Lazy, "Kipod", Duckly, "Atalef", "Tsav", Tinybear

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Korean animal names are pretty similar... makes vocab easy, tbh.

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Is duck just a "beak chicken?"

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That's what I've always called them.

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Im never gonna use the word 'bat' again. Observe: nana nana nana nana, nana nana nana nana Flappingmouseman!

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Welll... he was called "The Leatherflap" in Swedish from the start. Nowadays it's usuallly Batman..

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