Comment on English has too many words for animals
menas@lemmy.wtf 4 weeks agoBoth are translated “tortue” in french However to be fair, it could be specified “Tortue marine” and “Tortue terrestre”
Comment on English has too many words for animals
menas@lemmy.wtf 4 weeks agoBoth are translated “tortue” in french However to be fair, it could be specified “Tortue marine” and “Tortue terrestre”
ptu@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
But tortoise sounds like a French word
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Tor-twas.
ptu@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
And its counterpart that stays only on land: Tor-twasn’t