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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Must know the German name. Brb.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 weeks 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 weeks ago
BLÅhaj?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hai
jaybone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
HAI PAL!
lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Shark: “Hai~ <3”
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey hey is a great name for a boat snack chicken.
aoidenpa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I knew that already because it is a Rammstein song.