When I want a chocolate scone, I go to a bakery and say "I would like one pastry please". The baker sometimes asks "which one?" but then I reiterate, "it's a pastry and I'd like one of them." They stare at me and start pointing at different kinds of pastries, but I get frustrated because they think I mean cupcakes and I'm describing scones. I don't want to use the word "scone" because it's a medieval word that just means "fine bread", so why wouldn't I just call it a pastry? The confusion between us is too much so I go back to my building and pet my animal.
Sorry, I'm not an academic. I don't have a Ph.D in biology so that term is needlessly descriptive and difficult to learn. Do you expect some farmer to know what a badger is? Some fucking farmer who doesn't know what dirt is? Just say animal. It means the same thing.
When I want a chocolate scone, I go to a bakery and say "I would like one pastry please". The baker sometimes asks "which one?" but then I reiterate, "it's a pastry and I'd like one of them." They stare at me and start pointing at different kinds of pastries, but I get frustrated because they think I mean cupcakes and I'm describing scones. I don't want to use the word "scone" because it's a medieval word that just means "fine bread", so why wouldn't I just call it a pastry? The confusion between us is too much so I go back to my building and pet my animal.
Is your animal a happy badger?
Sorry, I'm not an academic. I don't have a Ph.D in biology so that term is needlessly descriptive and difficult to learn. Do you expect some farmer to know what a badger is? Some fucking farmer who doesn't know what dirt is? Just say animal. It means the same thing.