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minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·9 days agoI mean if they aren’t Swahili why would they pick something randomly from that language?
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 days agoThe same reason a lot of people do: because it sounds nice. Plus, maybe flowers were what the cicada was named after. When someone discovers a species, they usually get a decent amount of leeway when naming it.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agohonestly it’s not just a decent amount of leeway, it’s basically free game so long as you’re not outright offensive. There’s a gene called “sonic hedgehog”, and many other organisms with names that are specifically meant to just be funny and absurd.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down13·edit-29 days ago“I did a lil appropriating cuz I thought it was cute” Edit downvotes from people who just googled their kid’s name
I mean if they aren’t Swahili why would they pick something randomly from that language?
The same reason a lot of people do: because it sounds nice. Plus, maybe flowers were what the cicada was named after. When someone discovers a species, they usually get a decent amount of leeway when naming it.
honestly it’s not just a decent amount of leeway, it’s basically free game so long as you’re not outright offensive.
There’s a gene called “sonic hedgehog”, and many other organisms with names that are specifically meant to just be funny and absurd.
“I did a lil appropriating cuz I thought it was cute”
Edit downvotes from people who just googled their kid’s name
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