cm0002@europe.pub to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 24 hours agoIt's a good thing we named most of the dinosaurs like a hundred years agoeurope.pubexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down16
arrow-up1514arrow-down1external-linkIt's a good thing we named most of the dinosaurs like a hundred years agoeurope.pubcm0002@europe.pub to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 24 hours agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoI felt the world begin to dumb everything down when the dinosaur I’d always known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, and even as a tiny child I had no problem pronouncing that, became featured in a popular movie and now everyone abbreviates it to T-Rex.
minus-squareKellenved@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoT. Rex is how scientists abbreviate it tho
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoI was born in 1975. Before the movie Jurassic Park, everyone referred to that dinosaur as “Tyrannosaurus Rex.” Since JP, everyone says “T-Rex.”
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoWhy use more syllables when few syllables do trick? It’s not like T-Rex is ever ambiguous.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoExactly. Everybody knows that T.Rex Is the stage name for the legendary Marc Bolan, whose biggest hit was Bang a Gong.
I felt the world begin to dumb everything down when the dinosaur I’d always known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, and even as a tiny child I had no problem pronouncing that, became featured in a popular movie and now everyone abbreviates it to T-Rex.
T. Rex is how scientists abbreviate it tho
I was born in 1975. Before the movie Jurassic Park, everyone referred to that dinosaur as “Tyrannosaurus Rex.”
Since JP, everyone says “T-Rex.”
Why use more syllables when few syllables do trick? It’s not like T-Rex is ever ambiguous.
Exactly. Everybody knows that T.Rex Is the stage name for the legendary Marc Bolan, whose biggest hit was Bang a Gong.