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Subscribe(#5661911) Re: Confusion day for French speakers
Posted by Jools on 20 Jan 2025 at 3:56AM
It's actually even more confusing
While in English, the term penguin is generally used for birds living in the northern and southern hemispheres, in French, we use the terms manchot (for penguins from the southern hemisphere) and pingouin (for penguins from the northern hemisphere, which are also known in English as auks)
Which is fine, except the only (English) penguin living in the northern hemisphere (just north of equator) is the Galápagos penguin.
Also all auks (apart from the extinct great auk) can fly.
So French oenguins can fly and English ones can't
While in English, the term penguin is generally used for birds living in the northern and southern hemispheres, in French, we use the terms manchot (for penguins from the southern hemisphere) and pingouin (for penguins from the northern hemisphere, which are also known in English as auks)
Which is fine, except the only (English) penguin living in the northern hemisphere (just north of equator) is the Galápagos penguin.
Also all auks (apart from the extinct great auk) can fly.
So French oenguins can fly and English ones can't
| Subject | Posted By | Date & Time | |
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| 5661911 | Re: Confusion day for French speakers | Jools | 20 Jan 2025 3:56AM |