@cassolotl Someone just reminded me that French has two distinct words for « Finnish ». Thought you’d like that information.
@cassolotl @PierreM And not the same, too!
You have ape/monkey, we have rivière/fleuve
@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 @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)
@cassolotl @Shalena @ChristianD @PierreM and the opposite happens too, with zygaenas being mostly diurnal!
@Andrea @PierreM @ChristianD @cassolotl
That’s the mites ?
insect Afficher plus
@Andrea @Shalena @cassolotl @PierreM
Not to confuse things further, but "mites" are a specific and different type of tiny non-insect arthropods in English
For example, here, people talks about linguistics and insects ><'
@bakaniko @cgx @ChristianD @Andrea @cassolotl @PierreM
I came out to have a good time and I’m honestly feeling so attacked right now.
Ok, I was just showing to
@cgx
That people are not talking computer science, linux and free software :)
@bakaniko @cgx @ChristianD @Andrea @cassolotl @PierreM
Well they should follow more Witches.town accounts, we shitpost about a whole lot of things!
@Shalena @ChristianD @PierreM @Andrea Then I guess in English/UK those papillons de nuit would be considered butterflies?? (idkkkk)