Not to mention the actual names. “There’s a bear. What should we call it?”
“Well, it’s black. Let’s call it a Black Bear.”
“How about that one? It’s brown.”
“We’ll call it a Brown Bear.”
This isn’t really true though. Although many IE langauges don’t use a descendant of *h₂r̥ktos for taboo reasons, plenty of languages do, e.g. French ours, Albanian ari, Greek άρκτος, Welsh arth etc.
Not to mention the actual names. “There’s a bear. What should we call it?” “Well, it’s black. Let’s call it a Black Bear.” “How about that one? It’s brown.” “We’ll call it a Brown Bear.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish
When biologists decide to burn something, they just go on and on.
yeah but those are jerks
First two sound like Ubuntu releases.
Fun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort
All original words have been lost because language changes…
This isn’t really true though. Although many IE langauges don’t use a descendant of *h₂r̥ktos for taboo reasons, plenty of languages do, e.g. French ours, Albanian ari, Greek άρκτος, Welsh arth etc.
Ah but they’re not called bears, we just have to call them that or we upset the bear god who will end us if we say their real name.