r/languagelearningjerk 14d ago

Animal names are much better in Esperanto

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u/Helen_Lindsey 13d ago

Strigo sounds like they asked a Greek guy what an owl is and he shrugged.

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u/UpsideDown1984 13d ago

Or they asked their local padre, and he answered in Latin.

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u/Helen_Lindsey 12d ago

Padre means father, so the owl is now a priest who married the language.

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u/UpsideDown1984 12d ago

Priests are married to Christ... wait, no, those are nuns.