castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?lemmy.mlcastiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square56linkfedilinkfile-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-up10·1 month 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.