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Are you sure that the original text refers to a "tortoise", and not a "turtle" as was the translation in the previous chapter? |
Are you sure that the original text refers to a "tortoise", and not a "turtle" as was the translation in the previous chapter? |
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Tortoises have legs, and live on land, while turtles have flippers and can swim... |
Tortoises have legs, and live on land, while turtles have flippers and can swim... |
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| + | --[[User:Shadowfall|Shadowfall]] 11:46, 13 February 2007 (PST) |
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| + | :We had a [http://www.baka-tsuki.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=728 discussion about this before], and it seems we implicitly agreed it should be turtle. Coupled with the description given in the text when Kyon buys the critter (chapter 5 - a tank filled with water), I'd say it's turtles all the way down... sort of speak. :) [[User:Smidge204|Smidge204]] 12:33, 13 February 2007 (PST) |
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| + | ::LOL. It seems to be a "tortoisy" yellow-margined box turtle. I'll put something in the discussion in the earlier chapter.--[[User:Nutcase|Nutcase]] 11:53, 15 February 2007 (PST) |
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| + | Okay, so I finally read through chapter5, and its a golden coin turtle, another box turtle species. Distinction without a difference for our purposes...--[[User:Nutcase|Nutcase]] 10:43, 16 February 2007 (PST) |
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Tortoise or Turtle?[edit]
Are you sure that the original text refers to a "tortoise", and not a "turtle" as was the translation in the previous chapter?
Tortoises have legs, and live on land, while turtles have flippers and can swim...
--Shadowfall 11:46, 13 February 2007 (PST)
- We had a discussion about this before, and it seems we implicitly agreed it should be turtle. Coupled with the description given in the text when Kyon buys the critter (chapter 5 - a tank filled with water), I'd say it's turtles all the way down... sort of speak. :) Smidge204 12:33, 13 February 2007 (PST)
- LOL. It seems to be a "tortoisy" yellow-margined box turtle. I'll put something in the discussion in the earlier chapter.--Nutcase 11:53, 15 February 2007 (PST)
Okay, so I finally read through chapter5, and its a golden coin turtle, another box turtle species. Distinction without a difference for our purposes...--Nutcase 10:43, 16 February 2007 (PST)
