More like ocean piglet - the small kinda pig looking creature, that was shipped to europe via the ocean
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It is consistent with polish too. "Świnka morska" literally means "Sea piggy"
47ReplyRussian too.
12Replyslovene aswell
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Hungarian too
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Serbian too (morsko prase)
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I've have learnt that Capybaras are also sometimes called "Water Pig" in German. We are onto something big here.
32ReplyCapybaras actually do hang out in the water at least
32Replyi mean guinea pigs were originally bred as a replacement food source for ocean voyages as it tasted the same as a pig but was way smaller
thus the name (morski prašiček - sea piglet in slovene)
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A hedgehog is a "Spike Pig" in German, a boar a "Wild Pig", and a piggy bank a "Savings Pig".
2ReplyA porcupine is a "Spike Pig". The hedgehog has a name on its own called "Igel".
Funny though if you look at the name hedgehog. Basically a wild pig in a bush.
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Meanwhile in Italy: "little Indian pig"
28ReplySame in Brazil. (Porquinho da Índia)
4ReplySame in Portugal.
3ReplySame in France (cochon d'Inde)
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Well,...
- The swam over to us (that's why "sea")
- They make squeeky sounds (that's why "pig")
20ReplyIt's the same "translation" in Russian btw
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Just wait until you find out how meerkats got their name
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10ReplyAnd leopards
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Don't look up what Guinea pigs were originally bred for.
16ReplyWhy is the fact that they were/are food so bad? People eat rabbit too.
43ReplyThere's a few animals I was surprised to find out some find weird to eat: rabbit, horse, reindeer. I was especially surprised by rabbit. It's such a commonly hunted animal too.
11ReplyGiant rabbits seem like an economic alternative to larger animals.
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Sex?
11ReplyNein, essen.
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What do you mean "originally"?
What did I buy at that roadside bbq stand then?
9ReplyRat, most likely.
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Piggie Nuggies
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how's guinea pig any better?
10ReplyThey're from Guinea!
(Actually it's apparently because they were a food animal that cost about a guinea...)
5ReplyThere's a whole section about it on Wikipedia with a lot of speculation but the tl;dr is we have no clue why they're called that
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Merisiga in Estonian which also translates to sea pig.
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1ReplyWe also call it that in Hungarian
0ReplyWhy did I read this in Scottish accent?
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