Nikls94@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoCable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageCable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent.lemmy.worldNikls94@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squarecandyman337@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWell the Japanese need to be more specific because they’re very different. I can’t imaging how hard it is to Google specifically rat or specifically mice questions there lmao
minus-squareCapricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoHave you heard of grue? In any case, the same applies to animals. They may not be linguistucally differentiated in the same way across language boundaries.
minus-squarerandint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI’m a native speaker of Mandarin (Chinese), where there’s no rat/mouse distinction either. I know that in English they’re different so I do say rat for big ones and mouse for small ones in English, but otherwise they’re basically the same to me.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThe japanese simply don’t make that distinction and it’s not a problem for them Plenty of languages (including my Polish) don’t make a distinction between town and city, and they don’t have problems
minus-squarefading_person@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWait, aren’t town and city the same thing?
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI think cities are bigger. Hamlet -> Village -> Town -> City -> Metropolis, or something along those lines.
minus-squarecandyman337@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoI feel like town and city is a little less consequential than two separate species
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMice and rats are both generic names for multiple species
Well the Japanese need to be more specific because they’re very different.
I can’t imaging how hard it is to Google specifically rat or specifically mice questions there lmao
Have you heard of grue?
In any case, the same applies to animals. They may not be linguistucally differentiated in the same way across language boundaries.
I’m a native speaker of Mandarin (Chinese), where there’s no rat/mouse distinction either. I know that in English they’re different so I do say rat for big ones and mouse for small ones in English, but otherwise they’re basically the same to me.
The japanese simply don’t make that distinction and it’s not a problem for them
Plenty of languages (including my Polish) don’t make a distinction between town and city, and they don’t have problems
Wait, aren’t town and city the same thing?
I think cities are bigger. Hamlet -> Village -> Town -> City -> Metropolis, or something along those lines.
I feel like town and city is a little less consequential than two separate species
Mice and rats are both generic names for multiple species