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[–] HaveYouPaidYourDues 82 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

afaik it's supposed to be pronounced "boo-opps"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I was saying boo-oops

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 month ago

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

To save you some time

[–] Skullgrid 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

stupid Buffalo latin name not being buffalo, otherwise this would fit:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

[–] Mbourgon 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But its name IS Bison Bison Bison!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Buffaloan bison bison bison that Buffaloan bison bison bison buffalo also buffalo Buffaloan bison bison bison.

[–] Mbourgon 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are the wind beneath my wings and the annoyance to my wife. Buffalo^7 is a glorious phrase

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I am that and more, m'Bourgon.

[–] Skullgrid 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Redredme 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dont know what you're talking about. My dumb brain just completes this with:

mushroom, MUSHROOM. A snake oh no its a snake it's a.....

[–] Skullgrid 4 points 1 month ago

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

mushroom, MUSHROOM. A snake oh no its a snake it’s a…

weebl it up my man

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Species named like this are called "autonymous". Like rattus rattus or puffinus puffinus.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was interested in a list of species like this, but couldn't find anything when searching for "autonym". Did you mean "Tautonym" instead?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Oh doh yes I do! Once again I got tautonym and autonym mixed up. Autonym is within a species - like homo sapiens sapiens to distinguish from homo sapiens neanderthalensis.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And then there's me, the homo homo.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It's that the Latin name for the Common Bay Area Bartender? Or do I have it mixed up?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

homo homo sapiens sapiens

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Monke monke ! A shame that game got ruined by little kids

[–] Move_to_mars 6 points 1 month ago

No caracal?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're cool you change languages mid name. Aquila chrysaetos.

[–] angrystego 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'll do you one better: Diceros bicornis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Diceros bicornis

The twohorned twohorn... this is wild.

[–] angrystego 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, the author was having fun.

[–] univers3man 4 points 1 month ago

It goes, it goes, it goes, guillotine yuh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Gorilla used repetitiveness.

It was very effective.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

flying gorila

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Personally I prefer Equus Caballus

Ð scientific name for Horse is just a fancier way of saying "horse horse"

Humanity is not often an especially creative race

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The grizzly bear is Ursos arctos horribilis, which translates as "horrible bear bear."

[–] scutiger 1 points 1 month ago

Which is kind of funny because of miscommunication, they thought they were naming a grisly bear.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

shoutout for using thorn and eth, but man using just eth as a short for "the" took me a couple seconds to figure out.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

It's borrowed from Shavian's idea of short handing certain grammar words. Were I a bolder man I'd be doing ð same for for, but, and, not, so, to, and oðers, along wið a host of orþographic reforms.

[–] BreadOven 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] lemonmelon 2 points 1 month ago

Buffalo buffalo buffalo homo Homo sapiens sapiens?