castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlcastiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square60linkfedilinkfile-text
Mine is “guinea pig” originating in andes (not guinea) and them being not-a-pig type, whole thing is just wrong.
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoYosemite actually is a Miwok phrase meaning “those who kill”, referring either to the Ahwahnechee people who were feared by the Miwok, or to European colonizers themselves. Colonialism produces a lot of misnomers.
Yosemite actually is a Miwok phrase meaning “those who kill”, referring either to the Ahwahnechee people who were feared by the Miwok, or to European colonizers themselves. Colonialism produces a lot of misnomers.