geografia: Place names considered unusual

Evidence: 100 • authority: 72

Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including especially short or long names. These names often have an unintended effect or double-meaning when read by someone who speaks another language.

Evidence: 34 • authority: 72

This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa, such as orders and above. At the time when biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) published the books that are now accepted as the starting point of binomial nomenclature, Latin was used in Western Europe as the common language of science, and scientific names were in Latin or Greek: Linnaeus continued this practice. While learning Latin is now less common, i…

Evidence: 34 • authority: 72

Recently, My Sister Is Unusual (最近、妹のようすがちょっとおかしいんだが) is an anime television series written by Hideyuki Kurata and directed by Hiroyuki Hata. The story follows Mitsuki Kanzaki who comes to have a stepbrother named Yūya. One day Mitsuki is possessed by an angel who calls herself Hiyori who in life had deep feelings towards Yūya. She places a chastity belt on Mitsuki and tells her in order for her to cross over into heaven her final wish to be closer to Yūya must be fulfilled or else both of them will die and go to hell. Mitsuki reluctantly agrees and soon finds herself torn by her feelings for Yūya. The anime series premiered on Tokyo MX and Sun TV on January 4, 2014, and twelve episodes wer…

Evidence: 34 • authority: 72