Nikls94@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoCable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down11
arrow-up1524arrow-down1imageCable placement a little weird, but the ergonomics are excellent.lemmy.worldNikls94@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarecandyman337@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·3 days agoWell the Japanese need to be more specific because they’re very different. I can’t imaging how hard it is to Google specifically rat or specifically mice questions there lmao
minus-squarerandint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI’m a native speaker of Mandarin (Chinese), where there’s no rat/mouse distinction either. I know that in English they’re different so I do say rat for big ones and mouse for small ones in English, but otherwise they’re basically the same to me.
minus-squareCapricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoHave you heard of grue? In any case, the same applies to animals. They may not be linguistucally differentiated in the same way across language boundaries.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThe japanese simply don’t make that distinction and it’s not a problem for them Plenty of languages (including my Polish) don’t make a distinction between town and city, and they don’t have problems
minus-squarecandyman337@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 days agoI feel like town and city is a little less consequential than two separate species
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoMice and rats are both generic names for multiple species
minus-squarecandyman337@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoDamn, you’re right, welp I stand corrected
minus-squarefading_person@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWait, aren’t town and city the same thing?
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI think cities are bigger. Hamlet -> Village -> Town -> City -> Metropolis, or something along those lines.
minus-squaresmh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoCan also denote a difference in government styles: towns have a town council, cities have a mayor. Cities can be smaller than towns. This depends on your region, naturally.
Well the Japanese need to be more specific because they’re very different.
I can’t imaging how hard it is to Google specifically rat or specifically mice questions there lmao
I’m a native speaker of Mandarin (Chinese), where there’s no rat/mouse distinction either. I know that in English they’re different so I do say rat for big ones and mouse for small ones in English, but otherwise they’re basically the same to me.
Have you heard of grue?
In any case, the same applies to animals. They may not be linguistucally differentiated in the same way across language boundaries.
The japanese simply don’t make that distinction and it’s not a problem for them
Plenty of languages (including my Polish) don’t make a distinction between town and city, and they don’t have problems
I feel like town and city is a little less consequential than two separate species
Mice and rats are both generic names for multiple species
Damn, you’re right, welp I stand corrected
Wait, aren’t town and city the same thing?
I think cities are bigger. Hamlet -> Village -> Town -> City -> Metropolis, or something along those lines.
Can also denote a difference in government styles: towns have a town council, cities have a mayor. Cities can be smaller than towns.
This depends on your region, naturally.