Comment on OG Console wars

Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• frog@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Um… acshelly! Hippo in Greek means horse.

  * Pushes glasses up nose bridge.

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hippopotamus means river horse, I don’t think whoever named these things has ever seen a horse.

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨27⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Horses might have looked different back in the day

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    • GojuRyu@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In danish a hippo is called a “flodhest”, also meaning river horse.

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      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Rødgrød med flodhest

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