castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlcastiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
Mine is “guinea pig” originating in andes (not guinea) and them being not-a-pig type, whole thing is just wrong.
minus-squareasdasd201@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThe Turkish name for the bird is “hindi” which means Indian since it came from India.
The Turkish name for the bird is “hindi” which means Indian since it came from India.