Mine is that at my age (barely made it into Gen Z on the old end) I just found out today that a Bo Weevil is an insect (beetle) and not some kind of mole or similar rodent.

  • 🎨 Elaine Cortez 🇨🇦 @lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    That “Southern” isn’t normally pronounced in the way that I pronounce it (which is “SOWth-urn”, with a lot of emphasis on the “O” sound, instead of “suff-ern”)

  • TheFlopster@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s, uh, boll. Boll weevil. So you learned two things!

    While we’re on animals, every time I hear the word mongoose I picture some kind of platypus-like creature. Like, a half goose, half weasel or something. And that’s not what it is at all.