I posit this completely made up definition.
Shark is an adjunction of two words
Sharp; because, well look at them
and Ark; because they are boats.
Sharp-Ark > Shark
Isn’t language funny sometimes
Submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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I posit this completely made up definition.
Shark is an adjunction of two words
Sharp; because, well look at them
and Ark; because they are boats.
Sharp-Ark > Shark
Isn’t language funny sometimes
Ship-Bark. Ship, because they are in water. Bark because they go RAWR before biting you. Ship-Bark. Shark.
Hai.
no: they sharks.
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Must know the German name. Brb.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 months ago
If you wanna say “hello shark!” in Danish you’ll say “hej haj!”
Good thing we don’t have sharks in Danish waters otherwise it’ll become pretty awkward when you greet someone at the beach.
rain_worl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
BLÅhaj?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hai
jaybone@lemmy.world 2 months ago
HAI PAL!
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I love these etymologies where it’s just “this word comes from a similar sounding word with the same meaning.” Who would have guessed.
Me. I would have guessed.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Shark: “Hai~ <3”
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hey hey is a great name for a boat snack chicken.
aoidenpa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I knew that already because it is a Rammstein song.