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The awkwardly adorable way seals move on land is called "galumphing"(thumbs.gfycat.com)

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fubo@lemmy.world
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Well if the physicists can steal “quark” from James Joyce, the sealologists can steal “galumph” from Lewis Carroll.

(“Quark” rhymes with “Mark” in the original, though; not with “dork”.)

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Sanctus@lemmy.world
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Do people actually pronounce it qork?

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gnutrino@programming.dev
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Murray Gell-Mann did (the guy who named them for anyone unaware). The general opinion seems to have been similar to that of the guy who invented the gif however: just because he named it doesn’t mean he wasn’t wrong about how it is pronounced.

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