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⌈ Secret Post #5951 ⌋

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Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

Ask 'em.

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

Can American black bears and Asian black bears interbreed?

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

I can't find any cases of it happening (since they live so far apart) but I don't see why not.

"Species and subspecies of bear known to have produced offspring with another bear species or subspecies include black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears, all of which are members of the genus Ursus. Bears not included in Ursus, such as the giant panda, are expected to be unable to produce hybrids with other bears."

Asiatic black bears are Ursus thibetanus.

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

Why are British trucks called lorrys?

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

From me gooling, so take it with a grain of salt, but a possibility:

lorry (n.)

"a truck; a long wagon with a flat bed and four wheels," 1838, British railroad word, probably from verb lurry "to pull, tug" (1570s), which is of uncertain origin. Meaning "large motor vehicle for carrying goods on roads" (equivalent of U.S. truck (n. 1)) is first attested 1911.

That's all I have because I just use the word without wondering why we call them that.

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

Only tangentially related, but my wife is 1st gen American of English/South African extract and she still uses the terminology she learned at home, so we get into fun fights about what a shopping cart is called. She calls them trucks.

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

UK here, we call them trolleys.

Re: Off beat question thread

[greghousesgf]

I know some people call grocery carts "baskets" which I always thought was weird

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

tbh I can see that. I'm Canadian and we've got both carts and baskets for wandering around the grocery story with so people sometimes use them interchangeably.

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm Australian and we have both trolleys and baskets, but you wouldn't use them interchangeably!

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

I've called a trolley 'the big wheelie basket' before, but that's more because I forget words.

I'll have to throw out 'hand held trolley' next time we're at the supermarket and see how long it takes people to catch on.

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm west coast Canadian, and personally don't hear many people using them interchangeably. Like, someone might say, "I'm going to go grab a basket" and then come back with a cart, but what happened there is they were going to grab a basket but then thought better of it and decided to grab a cart instead.

Re: Off beat question thread

[(Anonymous)]

Depending on what part of the US you're in, they could be carts, buggies or trolleys. Trucks are a new one on me though. I love this kind of stuff :)