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Reply to @sun@shitposter.world
御園はくい@hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info (2026-07-22 15:49:20)
@sun >find things in common with each of the things described
yes that's how language works

if you've never seen a dog in your life you eventually learn what are dogs by seeing what people call "dogs", even if the breeds look absolutely different
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-07-22 15:51:47)
@hakui medieval writing tried to describe animals from other places this way and it would have been better to just describe the features of the animal than say it was a dog