Comment on Pioneer species
Dicska@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Weirdly, pioneer is ‘roadbreaker’ in my language (as in, making way, like ice breakers do). This would be just a literal name for us.
Comment on Pioneer species
Dicska@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Weirdly, pioneer is ‘roadbreaker’ in my language (as in, making way, like ice breakers do). This would be just a literal name for us.
bryndos@fedia.io 3 days ago
Trailblazer, groundbreaker or pathfinder would also have been options in English, at least are close synonyms for pioneer. All have similarities but more literal , I've never heard roadbreaker in English, but you never know what they say in places like Australia, probably a"whackaroo".
Groundbreaker might possibly originate from farming/ploughing or construction in new territory rather than literally making a road. But might be more apt for the OP.
Dicska@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Huh, I never heard of whackaroo before (neither did my keyboard app)!
It’s a non-English one, and we “break” the “road” (also path) when we cut a path in the forest.
bryndos@fedia.io 3 days ago
oh, i really don't think "whackaroo" is a real word, i just made it up as an example of the type of thing theyd' come up as a word in Australian-English, they have crazy ones down there.
sepi@piefed.social 2 days ago
Put a donk on the bush baby, you kookaburra