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Anonymous

05/27/26(Wed)09:52:41 No.5129168

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Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)09:52:41 No.5129168 Archived

We all grew up calling it "oranguTANG" right? But now it's "oranguTAN"
Is this some Mandela Effect shit or did they change the official spelling/pronunciation?

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)11:12:21 No.5129182

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)11:12:21 No.5129182

i'd like to know where "pongo" comes from because i've never seen anyone outside this board use that term

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)11:16:43 No.5129184

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)11:16:43 No.5129184

>>5129182
What is the context?

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)11:59:22 No.5129192

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)11:59:22 No.5129192

>>5129184
it's what people here call orangutans. there's literally a pongo general

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)12:02:05 No.5129193

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)12:02:05 No.5129193

>>5129192
Pongo was always a dog name because of the dalmatian movie

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)13:43:00 No.5129210

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)13:43:00 No.5129210

>>5129182
Its a scientific term for them. Their genus specifically.

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)14:00:22 No.5129212

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)14:00:22 No.5129212

>>5129182
It's the scientific name for orangutan. Now what exactly is the origin of the word in that context? that i do not know

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)14:02:07 No.5129213

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)14:02:07 No.5129213

>>5129168
The original name is "orang hutan" meaning "man of the forest" or "person of the forest" and if i remember correctly some locals thought they weren't even animals but people that got lost in the jungle and turned into that