English Makes No Sense: Thanksgiving

[BuiHieuDong]

"Gobble gobble" honestly sounds like a great alternate name for turkeys, honestly i don't mind if people actually call them like that.

[Icebreexe]

The way French said 'gobble' got me dead 💀 🤣

[i_like_orange_f]

Imagine casually saying
“Man I could gobble a gobble gobble right now”

[Kage]

in Turkish, the bird turkey is called "Hindi" because the Turkish thought they came from India.

[ebola]

in Portuguese we call them "peru", the same name of the country Peru.

I don't know how or why it happened, but the format of the country actually shares resemblance to a turkey if you rotate your map.

[syusuwuwu]

in Turkish, a turkey is called "Hindi" and India is called "Hindistan" the confusion 💀

[nashnathan]

Fun fact: it's because, back in the time, "Turkish" was sort of a way to say "foreign". That's the same reason why corn is also called "grano *turco*" in italian, although it's not from Turkey

[StealthGamer]

Bit of interesting info, the name for the Turkey comes from the Guinea Fowl. Guinea Fowl were imported to the English by the Turks, and became known as Turkey-Cocks and Turkey-Hens. When settlers arrived in America, they called the native birds Turkeys because they looked very similar.

[rikudoes]

Gobble Gobble actually sounds like a good name. Really makes you wanna gobble it.

[that_one_athena_cabin_girl]

Imagine someone who calls Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" (I do)
"Man, it's Goble Goble Day and I really wanna goble a goble goble." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[soubhagya]

In Hindi, Indians call the bird Turkey.
In Turkish, they call the same bird Hindi.

[calygacha]

Wait wait wait !!! 😂 I’m french and never realized that « Dinde » means « D’Inde » 😭

[rtab]

And in Portuguese a turkey is called “peru” 🌚
Alright I prefer my native language more for this one. We call it “fire chicken”（火鸡）

[jorgeruesta]

In spanish, "Turkey" is "pavo", which isn't weird by any means, but peacock (a bird originally from India) is called "pavo real", which translates to royal turkey.

[ChristGuard]

It's because in England large game birds were imported from Turkey so the name turkey just became a name for large game birds.

[frankpichardo]

In Spanish (at least in the area I’m from) we interpreted the turkey sound as “gordo, gordo, gordo” which means fat, fat, fat. 😂

[sim.frischh]

Sometimes i admire how Universal is so willing to make compromises XD

[pinarinanc]

they called the bird “turkey” because there’s a similar looking bird (the guinea fowl) in the country turkey. and since the english called the guinea fowls “turkey-hens” they called the new bird “turkey” out of familiarity :)

[colorlessalien]

Watching this as a Turkish English Teacher learning French

[ridvandalgic]

Here's a chart showcasing the name of the bird "turkey" in various languages:

| Language | Word for "Turkey" |

| English | Turkey |
| Spanish | Pavo |
| French | Dinde |
| German | Truthahn |
| Italian | Tacchino |
| Portuguese | Peru |
| Dutch | Kalkoen |
| Swedish | Kalkon |
| Norwegian | Kalkun |
| Danish | Kalkun |
| Finnish | Kalkkuna |
| Russian | Индюк (Indyuk) |
| Chinese | 火鸡 (Huǒjī) |
| Japanese | 七面鳥 (Shichimenchō) |
| Korean | 칠면조 (Chilmyeonjo) |
| Turkish | Hindi |
| Arabic | ديك الرومي (Dīk al-Rūmī) |
| Hebrew | הודו (Hodu) |
| Greek | Γαλοπούλα (Galopoúla) |
| Polish | Indyk |
| Hungarian | Pulyka |
| Czech | Krůta |
| Slovak | Morča |
| Romanian | Curcan |
| Bulgarian | Пуяк (Puyak) |
| Serbian | Индијска пилетина (Indijska piletina) |
| Croatian | Puretina |
| Slovenian | Puran |
| Ukrainian | Індик (Indyk) |
| Estonian | Kalkun |
| Latvian | Tītars |
| Lithuanian | Kalakutas |
| Icelandic | Kalkúnn |
| Hungarian | Pulyka |
| Vietnamese | Gà tây |
| Thai | ไก่งวง (Kai nguawn) |
| Indonesian | Ayam kalkun |
| Malay | Ayam belanda |
| Filipino | Pabo |
| Swahili | Bata bukini |
| Afrikaans | Kalkoen |
| Xhosa | I-Turkey |
| Zulu | I-Turkey |
| Sesotho | Leqone |
| Hausa | Turki |
| Yoruba | Èyìnlá |
| Igbo | Tọki |
| Amharic | ሳልጣን (Sāltān) |
| Somali | Digaag qurux badan |
| Malagasy | Taky |
| Swazi | Intungutsi |
| Shona | Ngozi |
| Tswana | Nturkeyi |
| Ndebele | Inturki |
| Sotho | Kalkoen |
| Tigrinya | ሳልጣን (Sāltān) |
| Yiddish | טעקקע (Tekke) |
| Esperanto | Meleagro |😮