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Discussion in 'Zoo Cafe' started by ThylacineAlive, 30 Oct 2012.

  1. Corangurilla

    Corangurilla Well-Known Member

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    I was inspired by a couple YouTube videos, and so I present: The Animals of Planet Zoo Without the letters "P", "L", "A", "N", "E", "T", "Z", & "O".

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    I've had this idea for weeks, but I intentionally held off on posting this because I wanted to include the Fall DLC animals. I'll reply to this whenever new animals are officially revealed.
     
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  2. Ebirah766

    Ebirah766 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    What?
     
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  3. Corangurilla

    Corangurilla Well-Known Member

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    This.
     
  4. Birdsage

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    Birdsage Well-Known Member

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    A sample dichotomous key that is apparently widely used in biology education.
     
  6. Birdsage

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    Apparently Robert Irwin thinks that because of Schweitzer’s discovery, dinosaurs can be reconstructed from preserved soft tissue.
     
  7. Haley

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    It's time to recite a whole Weird Al song here, because why not?

    How come you're always such a fussy young man?
    Don't want no Captain Crunch, don't want no Raisin Bran
    Well, don't you know that other kids are starving in Japan?
    So eat it, just eat it (brr)
    Don't wanna argue, I don't wanna debate
    Don't wanna hear about what kinds of foods you hate (woo)
    You won't get no dessert 'til you clean off your plate
    So eat it, don't you tell me you're full
    Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it)
    Get yourself an egg and beat it
    Have some more chicken, have some more pie
    It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried
    Just eat it (eat it), just eat it (eat it)
    Just eat it (eat it), just eat it (eat it, woo)
    Your table manners are a cryin' shame
    You're playin' with your food, this ain't some kind of game
    Now if you starve to death you'll just have yourself to blame
    So eat it, just eat it (brr)
    You better listen, better do what you're told (woo)
    You haven't even touched your tuna casserole (ooh)
    You better chow down, or it's gonna get cold
    So eat it, I don't care if you're full
    Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it)
    Open up your mouth and feed it
    Have some more yogurt, have some more Spam
    It doesn't matter if it's fresh or canned
    Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it)
    Don't you make me repeat it
    Have a banana, have a whole bunch
    It doesn't matter what you had for lunch
    Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
    Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
    Eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it)
    If it's getting cold, reheat it
    Have a big dinner, have a light snack
    If you don't like it, you can't send it back
    Just eat it (ooh-hoo, eat it), eat it (eat it)
    Get yourself an egg and beat it (oh, Lord)
    Have some more chicken (ooh-hoo), have some more pie (ooh-hoo-hoo)
    It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried
    Just eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it)
    Don't you make me repeat it (oh, no)
    Have a banana, have a whole bunch (ooh-hoo-hoo)
    It doesn't matter what you had for lunch...
     
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  8. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Did you know that this is an original song by Weird Al, and Michael Jackson's "Beat It" is actually a parody?
     
  9. Birdsage

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    The confusing chemical element symbols to the tune of Old MacDonald:
     
  10. Birdsage

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    You’ve heard of anthropogenic climate change, but what about anthropomorphic climate change?
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    (Comic by Rosemary Mosco, birdandmoon.com)
     
  11. Lota lota

    Lota lota Well-Known Member

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    In swedish,we have diffrent words for maternal and paternal grandparents.Same situation with aunts and uncles.
    For example: Morfar=mother's father, Farfar=Father's father, Faster=Fathers sister, Moster=Mother's sister.

    How do people who speak the languages that don't have these distinctions know which aunt,grandpa etc someone is talking about?
     
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    TinoPup Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    By using what you wrote in English :p
     
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  13. ifesbob

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    there's also paternal/maternal grandfather/grandmother/sister/brother/etc
     
  14. Lota lota

    Lota lota Well-Known Member

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    Never heard somone say that while using colloquial language.People just say grandpa,aunt etc,and everyone just somehow knows what person they're talking about.
     
  15. ifesbob

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    Pro tip: We don't, unless it's like "Aunt Sue", and we know Aunt Sue is mom's sister. It's inconvenient when you do want to specify.
     
  16. birdsandbats

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    As a kid I specified my grandmothers by their favorite colors. They were "Green Grandma" and "Purple Grandma".
     
  17. Neil chace

    Neil chace Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Many families (including mine) will also give different names to the two sets of grandparents. For instance, if one grandfather is "grandpa", the other might be "papa", or something like that.
     
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    In chinese the family tree name is so complex that there is an app on phone for you to calculate e.g what should you call your father elder sister third older cousin wife. (yes, older and younger sister or cousin makes a difference too)
     
  19. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Same here, except they were actually green and purple themselves. It wasn't until years later that I realised my grandparents were Teletubbies.
     
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    In Finnish we just have one name for both sides of the family. We also have formal and casual versions just like in English:

    Grandfather = Isoisä
    Grandmother = Isoäiti
    Grandpa = Vaari
    Grandma = Mummi

    However the different grandparents might just have their own names that aren’t commonly used, for example my grandparents are “Mummu” and “Mufi” which are two terms I have only heard in my family. There’s countless other terms like “Pappa” for grandpa but these are just the ones I know and use.
     
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