@cassolotl Someone just reminded me that French has two distinct words for « Finnish ». Thought you’d like that information.

@PierreM @Shalena French and English are both littered with words that serve multiple purposes! :P

@cassolotl @PierreM And not the same, too!
You have ape/monkey, we have rivière/fleuve

@Shalena @PierreM

Rivière = tributary, fleuve = river ?

@PierreM @Shalena There's something about butterflies and moths too, I remember being very confused when me and @Andrea had a conversation about that!

@cassolotl @PierreM @Andrea
OH YES
Literally, butterfly = papillon and moth = mite
Except English moth is actually « broader » and includes what we call « papillon de nuit » (night butterfly)

@Shalena @PierreM @Andrea I suspect I'm gonna continue to be confused about that, haha! :D

@cassolotl @PierreM @Andrea I made a handy (?) chart https://witches.town/media/iikP1Ao365qKI840mm0

@Shalena @cassolotl @PierreM @Andrea

I feel like the colloquial rule in English is that "moths" are just creepy butterflies

@ChristianD @Shalena @PierreM @Andrea My understanding is that moths and butterflies have wings that close differently. Like... how do I describe this? Moths' wings fold inwards and slide over each other, and butterflies' wings close upwards and stay flat? :S

@cassolotl @ChristianD @PierreM @Andrea

I’m pretty sure there are moth of the « papillon de nuit » subcategory that close upwards :o

(Though I am, admittedly, not an expert on what is or isn’t a moth)