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When you're in too deep (mander.xyz)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I've had to give these answers more than a few times:

I don't know it. It does not have one. The genus is the common name.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Then translate the latin name directly. Better to have Doria's Big Three Ball than whatever a Megatriorchis doriae is. Even better, don't name something Three Ball, it's clickbait.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No thank you, unless I'm instructing or teaching people what botanical terms mean.

[–] AffineConnection 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

3-ball is actually the mathematical term for a solid sphere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This is a good point. On the other hand, Three Testicaled Hawk would also be an "appropriate" translation, as it's named after a greco-roman myth where the pancreas is mistaken for a third testical. May as well call them bush hawks and really give future etymologists a headache.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Common nmes are often vague, e.g. what species is 'wrack' or 'marigold'

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Bush tit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I'd'a called 'em chazwazzas

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

"What kind of bug is this?"

"The kind with 6 legs."

[–] danekrae 4 points 6 months ago

It IS boa constrictor, I swear!