ZeroCool@feddit.ch to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoRacism, misogyny prompt American Ornithological Society renaming of birdswww.upi.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down115
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkRacism, misogyny prompt American Ornithological Society renaming of birdswww.upi.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarePoastRotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoI can’t imagine a world in which calling a bird a “tit” in the first place was not the product of a poorly thought out public poll
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months ago“tit” is old-style english mean “something small” or “a little bit”. You can still spot the word in old sayings like the biblical “Jot or tittle”. On the other hand, we also woodpeckers, which is kinda similar in that it has a common translation, but also a hilarious one.
I can’t imagine a world in which calling a bird a “tit” in the first place was not the product of a poorly thought out public poll
“tit” is old-style english mean “something small” or “a little bit”. You can still spot the word in old sayings like the biblical “Jot or tittle”.
On the other hand, we also woodpeckers, which is kinda similar in that it has a common translation, but also a hilarious one.