• PoastRotato@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year 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.