• elephantium@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    People almost always refer to “Canadian” geese instead of Canada geese. I will frequently chime in with “How did you know their nationality? Did you check their passports?” :D

    Kudos for using the right form!

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      11 hours ago

      I’m surprised that it isn’t “Canadian”. The nationality suffix is often used to denote an animal’s native area (eg: Indian Elephant, etc)

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        8 hours ago

        Huh, and after a bit of searching, I see there’s even a Canadian horse. Italian wolf, Irish hare… the nationality suffix does seem to be way more common. Funny.