Comment on Anon is Turkish

FreeBeard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “Pute” specifically means the domesticated version of the “Truthuhn”.

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• Guttural@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The French word is “dinde”, and the ethmology IIRC is “from India”.

  Now, in French, “pute” is a derogatory term for a prostitute.

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In turkey the bird is named Hindi, after India. In the Netherlands is called after Calicut. In Portugal, it’s called after Peru, however in Arabic it’s an Ethiopian rooster. In Malaysia is called a Dutch bird.

    The explanation is that people through America was India, hence calling it after India a lot (Peru being what Portugese thought was America).

    However the people who first encountered the bird they thought it loaded like a particular woodfoul that was imported from Turkey, calling it a turkey bird.

    India and other Asian countries only know it from European trade, calling it either Turkey, Dutch chicken or something else like fire bird (china).

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    From “poule d’inde”, litterally “hen from India”, which got shortend as such sthings tend to be. And it replaced the delicious Christmas goose for a while because it was “exotic”.

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• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How is that pu pronounced? Like pew or poo?

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  • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    How is that pu pronounced?

    [ˈpuːtə]

    Like pew or poo?

    WTF?

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    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In english, the letter “u” can be pronounced two ways.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You’re not being creative enough:

        • putt/puck
        • put
        • puke
        • suit

        Each has a different pronunciation, because screw you. Oh, and pronunciation differs depending on where you are, often quite dramatically.

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  • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    poo-tuh

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    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Lol that means something completely different in spanish haha. Spelled puta though.

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• Xerxos@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Oder Truthahn

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