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craftyindividual@lemm.ee to Superbowl@lemmy.world · 3 years ago

Vermiculated screech owl + fly

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Vermiculated screech owl + fly

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craftyindividual@lemm.ee to Superbowl@lemmy.world · 3 years ago
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  • anon6789@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    Is that bee dinner or a tiny hat? 😂

    • craftyindividual@lemm.eeOP
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      3 years ago

      I have no idea 🤯

  • o0joshua0o@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    Your mom is vermiculated.

    • craftyindividual@lemm.eeOP
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      3 years ago

      Do either of us really understand what that wonderful word means?

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        3 years ago

        Just looked it up: it means having a pattern of irregular, dense lines like a lot of tiny worms. So purely descriptive for that owl, but not exactly a compliment to your mom.

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          That makes sense. My mom is long departed from this world, but she did enjoy to study the languages, particularly Italian, latin etc. I guess it’s where Vermicelli comes from. And Vermiculite… great packing material and also bedding for plants.

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            Apologies for the tasteless joke then.

            Her interest in language makes it even better though. “Worm” is one of the oldest words in PIE languages, see here: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wr̥mis

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              Ah the proto indo European. Romanian is the one that baffles me, because the words have Latin origin, but the sentence structure is off the wall.

          • o0joshua0o@lemmy.world
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            I was just messing around. Your mom sounds cool.

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              No offense taken

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