| Hey Facters. 09:37 - Dec 7 with 902 views | jeera |
They've found him. I dunno if he'll remember you; I don't know much about tortoises' memories.
I remember my first childhood pet. It was a guinea pig called Sam.
He got killed by a neighbour's dog. Mind you he didn't have a large protective shell.
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| Hey Facters. on 09:46 - Dec 7 with 851 views | Meadowlark |
I always pronounce that as "tortus" rather than "tor-toys"
How about you?
Am I wrong? |  | | |
| Hey Facters. on 09:59 - Dec 7 with 824 views | jeera |
| Hey Facters. on 09:46 - Dec 7 by Meadowlark |
I always pronounce that as "tortus" rather than "tor-toys"
How about you?
Am I wrong? |
No I'm with you, that's how I say turtle too.
Facters will put us right with some personal experience from the original naming ceremony I suspect.
Edit: I think there's possibly a third option; like an Italian/American gangster type effort that falls somewhere between the two. [Post edited 7 Dec 2022 10:14]
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| Hey Facters. on 13:20 - Dec 7 with 696 views | DJR |
Our tortoise disappeared when in the garden, and we only discovered him later that day floating upside in our pond. |  | | |
| Hey Facters. on 13:28 - Dec 7 with 682 views | jeera |
| Hey Facters. on 13:20 - Dec 7 by DJR |
Our tortoise disappeared when in the garden, and we only discovered him later that day floating upside in our pond. |
Was he ok?
Was he doing the backstroke? | |
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| Hey Facters. on 13:56 - Dec 7 with 653 views | DJR |
| Hey Facters. on 13:28 - Dec 7 by jeera |
Was he ok?
Was he doing the backstroke? |
Sadly not.
Interestingly, I once fell in the same pond at lunchtime and missed an afternoon's school. [Post edited 7 Dec 2022 13:56]
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| Hey Facters. on 14:13 - Dec 7 with 634 views | NthQldITFC |
| Hey Facters. on 09:46 - Dec 7 by Meadowlark |
I always pronounce that as "tortus" rather than "tor-toys"
How about you?
Am I wrong? |
That's the way they taught us to pronounce it at school.
Pardon my ignorance here, but I presume I am right in thinking that a tortoise must be begat from an egg, a la turtles? If so, how does the mother get up the tree to make the nest? |  |
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