Thank you for memeing with the proper pronunciation of “niche”.
Niche species
Submitted 2 months ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to science_memes@mander.xyz
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BruisedMoose@piefed.social 2 months ago
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
it’s pronounced kneesh, but I’m willing to overlook it for the sake of a meme. You may ask, ‘will you die on that hill?’ and I’ll reply “some will”.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I am confused, do you think niche rhymes with bitch?
Velypso@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It is commonly pronounced that way in the US, imo both pronunciations are correct.
BruisedMoose@piefed.social 2 months ago
Maybe it’s partly regional, but growing up it was always “nitch”. Like “Tom has really found his (nitch).” It only seems to have been making the transition to “neesh” in the last 10 years or so and it still sounds off to me.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Female dogs are called beeshes?
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
What else do you call a female Bichon?
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Niches get species
s@piefed.world 2 months ago
No species for us niches
JakenVeina@midwest.social 2 months ago
So, this can’t just be a Hellsing Ultimate Abridged reference, right? There’s an underlying reference I’m just not aware of?
higgsboson@piefed.social 2 months ago
JakenVeina@midwest.social 2 months ago
Lovely, thanks.
ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 2 months ago
You son of a beesh
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 months ago
Fun Fact, pictured above appears to be a goat on a mountain, which is NOT a Mountain Goats because Mountain Goats are not goats. Mountain Goats are Antellopes.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pfft next you’ll tell me water bears aren’t bears
Una@europe.pub 2 months ago
That’s right, they are water
mlg@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The superior mountain goat that’s actually a goat:
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Klear@quokk.au 2 months ago
That’s not a goat, that the GOAT.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 months ago
I got genuinely curious about this goat, so here’s the name: Markhor
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That’s cool and all, but I’m cheering for the mountain. Geology rocks!
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
One of the most disappointing facts when learning English was how many different animals are just called goat or deer
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 months ago
like pronghorn antelope, is not an antelope at all, its antilocarpine, sister to the giraffe family. or the american cheetah, is actually a suped up puma relative.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
It’s a common thing. German loves to call animals pigs or dogs; though it tends to be more obvious that these “thorn pigs” and “sea dogs” aren’t actually related to regular pigs and dogs.