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minus-squareRedredme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 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-up3·1 year agosame in German, Seeigel
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSame in Spanish, but from a different root-word. Erizo del mar, which erizo is just a normal hedgehog
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSame in Slovene. Morski jež - sea hedgehog
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThis is turning into the whole ananas / pineapple thing where English is the outlier again.
minus-squarebreakcore@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSame in danish: Søpindsvin Sea-stick-swine
minus-squareP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoContinuing the chain, same in Brazilian Portuguese: “Ouriço-do-mar”
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s actually the same in italian, ricci di mare
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
Same in Slovene. Morski jež - sea hedgehog
This is turning into the whole ananas / pineapple thing where English is the outlier again.
Same in danish: Søpindsvin
Sea-stick-swine
Continuing the chain, same in Brazilian Portuguese: “Ouriço-do-mar”
Dutch isn’t real
Je bent niet echt
It’s actually the same in italian, ricci di mare