• Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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    2 days ago

    “Little Penguin” is their more scientific name, so that’s why they would be using it the people living in Sydney would still call it a fairy penguin.

    I’m from Melbourne, where the picture is from.

    • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      It’s scientific name is Eudyptula novaehollandiae

      It’s common name in Australia in general was ‘fairy penguin’, but there has been effort to boost alternative names because they word fairy was a pejorative name for gay men

      • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        The RAOU set “Little Penguin” as the preferred name and that is why they do.

        The gay claim is overblown alt-right shit, one SeaWorld claimed to have changed the name for that reason, no one else ever did.

        • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Thanks, I think I picked up that idea from that SeaWorld. I’ll stop repeating it now.

      • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        1 day ago

        But there’s an icecream here called Golden Gaytime, and the greatest Australian movie is The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert…