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Hoggies (mander.xyz)

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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I went to fact check this. It's real but I feel like we're missing out on something here

[-] Damage@feddit.it 18 points 3 weeks ago

lol whore's eggs

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Explains why Frank would have eaten them.

[-] sentientity@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Amazing.

[-] Redredme@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 weeks ago

same in German, Seeigel

[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

Same in Spanish, but from a different root-word. Erizo del mar, which erizo is just a normal hedgehog

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 10 points 3 weeks ago

Same in Slovene. Morski jež - sea hedgehog

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 16 points 3 weeks ago

This is turning into the whole ananas / pineapple thing where English is the outlier again.

[-] breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Same in danish: Søpindsvin

Sea-stick-swine

[-] P4ulin_Kbana 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Continuing the chain, same in Brazilian Portuguese: "Ouriço-do-mar"

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago

Dutch isn’t real

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Je bent niet echt

[-] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's actually the same in italian, ricci di mare

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

"doe normaal.."

In french they're "oursins", apparently from bears, which they thought had very hard fur.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Similarly, seals? Sea dogs.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 33 points 3 weeks ago

Street urchins aka boulevard hedgehogs

[-] finley@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

See, this is why etymology is such a fascinating field, and why learning Latin and Greek are still worthwhile.

[-] P4ulin_Kbana 1 points 3 weeks ago

Do you speak Latin? I'm trying to learn Latin for fun, and I would like some recommendations. I already have the first Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata PDF.

[-] finley@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

I do (or did) speak Latin. Nowadays it’s mostly bits and pieces.

I’m sorry, but I don’t have anything to recommend

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm confused! Doesn't urchin really relate to children?

Is that a colloquialism or more English-on-drugs?

[-] Saeveo@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

The use of "urchin" to refer to children is separate from its original meaning.

Maybe it became that as a word for something underfoot?

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I like this one the best!

[-] FarFarAway@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thats a street urchin. Strangely, this blog post was one of the first links that came up. It ponders how the name street urchin came to be.

It says

Looking in the OED, I see two possibly relevant definitions. 1c. A goblin or elf. (From the supposition that they occasionally assumed the form of a hedgehog.)... There is also 4a. A pert, mischievous, or roguish youngster; a brat.

Edit: formatting is crazy

[-] ClemaX@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

In French, oursin (urchin) seems to be the diminutive of ours, which means bear. So oursin means something like "little bear".

[-] PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

I read somewhere that male hedgehogs have really long dicks. Long enough that they can jack themselves off with their arms. They make awful pets because they get cum everywhere and it starts smelling real bad real fast.

No idea if this is true or not.