Kirbywithwhip1987M to shitpostingEnglish · 6 months agoList of bear villains in media, and this isn't even scratching the surface💀imagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1imageList of bear villains in media, and this isn't even scratching the surface💀Kirbywithwhip1987M to shitpostingEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareRed_Scare [he/him]linkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-26 months agoSame thing in Slavic languages, but they replaced arkto with “the one who knows where the honey is”, medved (med = honey, ved = knowledge) “honey eater”, thank you for correcting comrades!
minus-squarea_little_red_rat [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoHuh, I thought it was more akin to “honey eater”
minus-squareKirbywithwhip1987OPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIt literally means honey eater
minus-squareKeanu Chunguslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoErm, ackshually Wiktionary says that’s a false etymology.
minus-squareRed_Scare [he/him]linkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThank for correcting bigbigchungus! I thought it’s honey-knower my whole life
Same thing in Slavic languages, but they replaced arkto with
“the one who knows where the honey is”, medved (med = honey, ved = knowledge)“honey eater”, thank you for correcting comrades!Huh, I thought it was more akin to “honey eater”
It literally means honey eater
Erm, ackshually Wiktionary says that’s a false etymology.
Thank for correcting bigbigchungus! I thought it’s honey-knower my whole life
No problem