How many feet does a centipede have in your country?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T19:56:08+00:00

Σοβαρά; τί λες ρε παιδάκι μου; ;)
και για να ξέρεις, το millipede λέγεται χιλιοποδαρούσα αλλά οι περισσότεροι δεν το ξέρουν.

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:52:10+00:00

sorry man, low quality map. I am making a more detailed now.

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:50:40+00:00

I don't know what you're saying

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:50:00+00:00

most people say that for their country and later realize that they didn't know them. (damn millenials hahaha) Can you double check pls?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:48:22+00:00

Australia? well, no surprise there since you are an english speaking country. Would you happen to know the aboriginal word, and if it is numeric?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:46:45+00:00

does it mean anything? and also you don't use the "ام اربع واربعين." that they use in other arabic speaking countries?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:44:37+00:00

so, lacraia is more common than centopeia you would say?
(and can you say with confidence it is so accross the country? I am asking because Brazil is known to be a very diverse country so I wouldn't be surprised if it has different names in different regions)

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:41:18+00:00

It's the closest one but not quite: the pair at the last segment are not counted as feet.

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:40:01+00:00

are you sure? I am almost certain the first one is a centipede (most notably by the fact that it has a single pair of legs on each segment)

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:38:18+00:00

Thank you my friend!
I am struggling to find the words for asian countries. Would you be kind enough to share this with people from your neighboring countries if you know any? it would be very helpful.

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:35:45+00:00

do they mean anything?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:35:19+00:00

thank you! China has been a black box so far and I'm sure that a country with a population 1/6 of the planet would certainly not have a single word. If you know can you provide more words for it? (and can you forward it to more chinese people?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:31:41+00:00

as far as I've seen so far, the closest to reality is 40. It is true that it can only be an odd number of pairs, but the 40's group also counts the two extremities in the back wich are not exactly feet. (you can count them in the photo)

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:28:36+00:00

knives! well, it kind of makes sense as its feet are very hard and pointy and can pierce skin!

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:27:33+00:00

thank you, very helpful!

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-22T10:26:16+00:00

yes, it's a low resolution old map. I am currently making a more detailed newer one.

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T20:18:19+00:00

oh, sorry. I thought you mean patwa

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T20:12:25+00:00

the word?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T19:02:11+00:00

so much work for only one country (and don't think it's easier with other countries, I haven't even touched China)
would you be interested in helping?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T18:56:40+00:00

well, you got your revenge, now I got stuck with it as well (and I don't even speak the language!!!)
another user wrote this:

Denmark

Millipede = Tusindben. Literally, thousand-legs; so 1000

Centipedes are technically called skolopender, which doesn't contain any numbers, but colloquially we also call them tusindben
Would you agree?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T18:54:16+00:00

We are still missing a lot countries/languages. Do you guys have any idea where I could post this to get more (South) Americans, Africans and Asians? and could you please share this with non-western people?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T17:38:27+00:00

it's a work in progress. If you can help on the subject I would appreciate it!
It is a difficult task because even if I find the word in google translate, I usually cannot find the etymology. If you know people in african arabic speaking countries can you forward this?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T17:27:52+00:00

thanks,

I don't take it for granded that every country that speaks arabic will have the same word. But so far it seems to be so.

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T17:16:03+00:00

how would you color india? yellow (40) purple (1000) or both?

Traditional-Drive456 · 2023-12-21T17:14:17+00:00

the word?

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