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minus-squareRedredme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 year agoIn dutch they are literally called sea-hedgehog. (zee-egel) So, while latin and all is nice, there’s always the dutch way of “doe maar normaal dan doe je gek genoeg”. Which translates into: just behave as regular, that’s more than enough excitement.
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agosame in German, Seeigel
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoSame in Spanish, but from a different root-word. Erizo del mar, which erizo is just a normal hedgehog
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago“doe normaal…” In french they’re “oursins”, apparently from bears, which they thought had very hard fur.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSimilarly, seals? Sea dogs.
In dutch they are literally called sea-hedgehog. (zee-egel)
So, while latin and all is nice, there’s always the dutch way of “doe maar normaal dan doe je gek genoeg”. Which translates into: just behave as regular, that’s more than enough excitement.
same in German, Seeigel
Same in Spanish, but from a different root-word. Erizo del mar, which erizo is just a normal hedgehog
Dutch isn’t real
Je bent niet echt
“doe normaal…”
In french they’re “oursins”, apparently from bears, which they thought had very hard fur.
Similarly, seals? Sea dogs.