refolde [she/her, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-27 months agoWhose idea was it to name a species a bird "Boobies"?static01.nyt.comimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
arrow-up146arrow-down1imageWhose idea was it to name a species a bird "Boobies"?static01.nyt.comrefolde [she/her, any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareNeuromancer49linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoOoh, I know this one. It comes from old English, meaning “small thing”
minus-squareColonelKataffy [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoprobably from the french “petit”, right?
Ooh, I know this one. It comes from old English, meaning “small thing”
probably from the french “petit”, right?