Trismegistos.3046 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I just watched the ad trailer on 9gag. The title says turtles. And the narrator says turtle like 20 times. They are clearly tortoises. Just saying. GW2 wiki also calls it turtle O_o 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscuro.9720 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 They actually are not, there are actuator turtles, land turtles, and tortoises. Look up the box turtle, it is a land turtle. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trismegistos.3046 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 ok nice! cause turtle sounds better anyway 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyT.7192 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 They are turtles by tyrian definition if that helps. Â 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega.6801 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 What a very necessary thread. This webspace could have been a cute cat picture. 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfeather.6401 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 It's pronounced hoarse. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralporing.1957 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 7 hours ago, Trismegistos.3046 said: I just watched the ad trailer on 9gag. The title says turtles. And the narrator says turtle like 20 times. They are clearly tortoises. Just saying. GW2 wiki also calls it turtle O_o Well, if you managed to forget, while not all turtles are tortoises, all tortoises are turtles. Just saying. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSD.4673 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 5 hours ago, BobbyT.7192 said: They are turtles by tyrian definition if that helps. Â "Tyrian definition" meaning "whatever the devs couldn't be bothered to look up". 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson.4036 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 https://www.oriannesociety.org/faces-of-the-forest/turtlevstortoise/?v=400b9db48e62 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizel.1839 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) Maybe there is no such distinction in GW2 world. Edited February 26, 2022 by Raizel.1839 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teratus.2859 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 When they were introduced in GW1 they had more of a sea turtle like design, in Gw2 they seem to have evolved into more of a Pond Turtle design. Either way both are legit turtle designs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quench.7091 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashberry.4510 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 How’s the soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameepa.6793 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) They are all called the same in my language so why not also in Tyria. We're not on Earth anyway so animals can be different and have different names. Get over it. Edited February 26, 2022 by Ameepa.6793 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariurotl.3718 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ameepa.6793 said: They are all called the same in my language so why not also in Tyria. Same, actually. I'm a professional translator and I'm still struggling to remember which one is which on the fly. Speaking of "fly", we use the same word for dragonflies and damselflies as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 So tmnt have been wrong this whole time OP? Should have been teenage mutant ninja tortoises right. Might be a differance bettwen american english and united kingdom english? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneericgouin.9371 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 They're all turtles, regardless..so it's an accurate designation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaxares.5419 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 13 hours ago, Quench.7091 said: All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. Yup, this. All tortoises, turtles and terrapins belong to the Order Testudines, commonly known as turtles. In layman language, we usually use the term turtles only to refer to sea-going turtles (the ones that have flippers), but scientifically speaking all of them, including tortoises, are turtles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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