• zqwzzle@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Great Tit - Mediocre Tit
    Penguin - Pencilguin
    Falcon - Falpro
    Masked Booby - Unmasked Booby

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      let’s face it the guy who named the great tit did probably did so accidentally. the bird could’ve been named anything at that point.

      “and what should we name these birds?”
      “damn it i spilled my coffee”
      “weird name but ok”