Mastodawn

Things everybody needs to hear more often:

- you are loved
- your feelings are valid
- you deserve rest
- you don't need to be available at all times
- that's not a raven, that's a crow
- it's okay. a crow is a pretty big and cool bird, too

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Engelbert Schnauzi 5d ago

@schratze
@sparks

"There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens"

ONE IS PART OF THE OTHER

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow

Corvus is latin for raven and means all birds of the genus corvus. Crow is a synonym for corvus. And raven is generally used for big crows.

Stop pretending they're even a thing! It's all the same!

Corvus - Wikipedia

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schratze 5d ago

@flaubau you're typically referring to the species that's most common in your area. When someone in central Europe asks how to tell apart crows and ravens, then they're probably asking about the common raven and the carrion crow. Same thing in north America, but with the American crow.

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Inga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸4d ago

@schratze @flaubau fun fact is that in Russia, the word for "crow" and "raven" is the same, the only difference is grammatical gender (female for crow, male for raven).

Another fun fact is that the crow in the movie "Crow" (including the movie title) was translated with male grammatical gender (i.e. as "raven").

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schratze 4d ago

@IngaLovinde @flaubau ah, the two genders.

What gender do rooks get? And jackdaws?

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Inga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸4d ago

@schratze @flaubau rook is male but it's a completely separate word without any dark associations or connotations. The word is similar to e.g. thrush or woodpecker (both are male too) in shape.
Jackdaw is female but, again, completely separate word, just a regular bird name. The word is similar to e.g. jay (which is also female) in shape.

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schratze

@IngaLovinde @flaubau oh fun. I remember learning some Slavic languages use the same word for rooks and ravens, and some use the diminutive of the word for crow for jackdaws.