Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

binned it again! What have they got against #sticklebacks? They don’t even have #Raudkiisk (cf. #Kiisa), the sea stickleback or, is it’s known in #Ireland, 15-spined stickleback, only true #marine #Gasterostid, so lovingly linnaeanized as #SpinachiaSpinachia (#raud = iron > spinach, #Popeye...).
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

(see also #Kohila), so he’s not confusing it w #Raudkiisk (see #Ogaliku), raud meaning ‘iron’ and #kiiskama to glisten or sparkle as all trains should. But, as usual, he’s right, it’s the name of a station/municipality on the #TallinnVäike line 20-odd km to the south, so not a fish out of water.
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