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[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 132 points 1 year ago (2 children) from left to right: human dog horse flamingo permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (2 children) With a helpful reminder in parenthesis that they mean flamingo the bird, as opposed to the casino, which doesn’t have any feet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) According to their press kit, their casino alone has 93,000 feet. All of them square for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] don@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago As opposed to, what, triangular feet? Spiral feet? Perhaps you’d feel better if their feet were hyperboloid? ffs get a grip. permalink fedilink source parent [–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago They have even more cubic feet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] xylol@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) you just have to find the right room permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago Or order from the special room service menu permalink fedilink source parent [–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) But why Katakana? Those are some reasonably basic kanji- certainly not beyond bird anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) it seems that the scientific nomenclature for families of animals in Japanese uses katakana: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8C https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%9E this is confirmed by a few comments on this page: https://ja.hinative.com/questions/14614111 Basically, the kanji “犬” is used. Since “犬” is an elementary Kanji character, the hiragana “いぬ” is not often used. The katakana “イヌ” is used in more biological contexts than “犬”. Example: “Walking with a dog” 犬 “Inu is a mammalian animal” イヌ However, not all Japanese follow this rule. If in doubt, just write the kanji character for “dog” and you will be fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (2 children) With a helpful reminder in parenthesis that they mean flamingo the bird, as opposed to the casino, which doesn’t have any feet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) According to their press kit, their casino alone has 93,000 feet. All of them square for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] don@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago As opposed to, what, triangular feet? Spiral feet? Perhaps you’d feel better if their feet were hyperboloid? ffs get a grip. permalink fedilink source parent [–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago They have even more cubic feet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] xylol@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) you just have to find the right room permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago Or order from the special room service menu permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) According to their press kit, their casino alone has 93,000 feet. All of them square for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] don@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago As opposed to, what, triangular feet? Spiral feet? Perhaps you’d feel better if their feet were hyperboloid? ffs get a grip. permalink fedilink source parent [–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago They have even more cubic feet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] don@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago As opposed to, what, triangular feet? Spiral feet? Perhaps you’d feel better if their feet were hyperboloid? ffs get a grip. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago They have even more cubic feet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xylol@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) you just have to find the right room permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago Or order from the special room service menu permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago Or order from the special room service menu permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) But why Katakana? Those are some reasonably basic kanji- certainly not beyond bird anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) it seems that the scientific nomenclature for families of animals in Japanese uses katakana: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8C https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%9E this is confirmed by a few comments on this page: https://ja.hinative.com/questions/14614111 Basically, the kanji “犬” is used. Since “犬” is an elementary Kanji character, the hiragana “いぬ” is not often used. The katakana “イヌ” is used in more biological contexts than “犬”. Example: “Walking with a dog” 犬 “Inu is a mammalian animal” イヌ However, not all Japanese follow this rule. If in doubt, just write the kanji character for “dog” and you will be fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) it seems that the scientific nomenclature for families of animals in Japanese uses katakana: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8C https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%9E this is confirmed by a few comments on this page: https://ja.hinative.com/questions/14614111 Basically, the kanji “犬” is used. Since “犬” is an elementary Kanji character, the hiragana “いぬ” is not often used. The katakana “イヌ” is used in more biological contexts than “犬”. Example: “Walking with a dog” 犬 “Inu is a mammalian animal” イヌ However, not all Japanese follow this rule. If in doubt, just write the kanji character for “dog” and you will be fine. permalink fedilink source parent