Mine is "guinea pig" originating in andes (not guinea) and them being not-a-pig type, whole thing is just wrong.

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[โ€“] 2 points 6 months ago*

We really ought to pick one of these names to start calling them:

https://www.birdful.org/what-did-native-americans-call-turkeys/

I'd be partial to the Muscogee word because I'm from the Southeast (and because it starts with 't'), but it doesn't seem like it has enough vowels so I have no idea how to pronounce it.

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