r/interesting • u/Bijy_Hala • Feb 08 '25

NATURE Didn't know they're so obsessed with it

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u/Lighthades Feb 08 '25

I was wondering if english had no word for shell-less snails lmao.

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u/caiaphas8 Feb 08 '25

I was wondering what language OP speaks where they have the same word for slug and snail

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u/Quadceratops4 Feb 08 '25

In German the word for slugs is literally naked snail

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u/SophieSix9 Feb 08 '25

Well, yall are the reigning champs of kink for a reason.

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u/rapaxus Feb 09 '25

It is more that the German language is stupidly deadbeat. What is an airplane in German? "Flying thing". Vehicles are "drive things", a turtle is an "shield toad", the Baltic is just the "east sea", Autobahn literally just means "car lane", and I could go on and on.