castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 22 hours agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?external-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 22 hours agomessage-square57linkfedilinkfile-text
Mine is “guinea pig” originating in andes (not guinea) and them being not-a-pig type, whole thing is just wrong.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·20 hours agoYosemite actually is a Miwok phrase meaning “those who kill”, referring either to the Ahwahnechee people who were feared by the Miwok, or to European colonizers themselves. Colonialism produces a lot of misnomers.
Yosemite actually is a Miwok phrase meaning “those who kill”, referring either to the Ahwahnechee people who were feared by the Miwok, or to European colonizers themselves. Colonialism produces a lot of misnomers.