castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 23 hours agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?external-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 23 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-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoPorque la izquierda libera, la derecha oprime. (We say “lefty loosey, righty tighty”, but a similar rhyming phrase in Spanish translates to “the left liberates, the right oppresses”)
Porque la izquierda libera, la derecha oprime.
(We say “lefty loosey, righty tighty”, but a similar rhyming phrase in Spanish translates to “the left liberates, the right oppresses”)