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• randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m a native speaker of Mandarin (Chinese), where there’s no rat/mouse distinction either. I know that in English they’re different so I do say rat for big ones and mouse for small ones in English, but otherwise they’re basically the same to me.

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• Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Have you heard of grue?

  In any case, the same applies to animals. They may not be linguistucally differentiated in the same way across language boundaries.

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• KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The japanese simply don’t make that distinction and it’s not a problem for them

  Plenty of languages (including my Polish) don’t make a distinction between town and city, and they don’t have problems

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  • candyman337@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I feel like town and city is a little less consequential than to separate species

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    • KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Mice and rats are both generic names for multiple species

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      • candyman337@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Damn, you’re right, welp I stand corrected

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  • fading_person@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Wait, aren’t town and city the same thing?

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    • SabinStargem@lemmy.today ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think cities are bigger. Hamlet -> Village -> Town -> City -> Metropolis, or something along those lines.

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    • smh@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Can also denote a difference in government styles: towns have a town council, cities have a mayor. Cities can be smaller than towns.

      This depends on your region, naturally.

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