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Petrichordates t1_japdlvn wrote
Reply to Sea creatures in Greek manuscript and Norse mythology may have been whales with mouths agape — Fish instinctively swim toward apparent shelter of creature’s mouth, a phenomenon depicted in ancient texts as early as 2,000 years ago by marketrent
This form of feeding was discovered in the 2010s? I feel like I've seen pictures and videos of this long before that.
Petrichordates t1_j254oh4 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Every planet in the solar system visible in rare "planet parade" by scot816
What are you basing that on? The movement of the planets isn't unknown science.
Petrichordates t1_ivza9yo wrote
Reply to comment by bend1310 in Stars over a Boab Tree, Western Australia [1024 x 723] [OC] by VLWphotography
Like I said, it's usually because of changes between languages. There are relatively few cases of words with such changes between USA/UK/AU.
Petrichordates t1_ivwmpvp wrote
Reply to comment by bend1310 in Stars over a Boab Tree, Western Australia [1024 x 723] [OC] by VLWphotography
Yes that's true of almost all words, but they often change between languages. This one changed just because.
Petrichordates t1_ivwgbgc wrote
Reply to comment by bend1310 in Stars over a Boab Tree, Western Australia [1024 x 723] [OC] by VLWphotography
Yeah those are different languages though.
Petrichordates t1_je788sj wrote
Reply to comment by wakatenai in English is such an unreasonable language that spelling is a national sport by eldrolamam
Do you have a source for these claims? Because I'm finding the exact opposite (in other words, the result you'd expect)
> In contrast, non-native speakers living in English-speaking countries for many years learn 2.5 words a day, over twice the rate of native speakers. Even with that breakneck speed, researchers found that adults know on average 10,000-20,000 words less than their native counterparts, or a native English speakers’ 8- to 14-year-old vocabulary level.