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!.7WdLd240M 03/19/11(Sat)00:18 No.24406473>>24406146
Yes, yes. I'm familiar with the misconception that "Zecora" is the Swahili word for zebra, but that's just wrong. For starters, people in Abyssinia, modern day Ethiopia, speak Amharic and Oromo, not Swahili. They're far more likely to speak English than Swahili. Secondly, the word for zebra is not "zecora" in either of those languages. Third, "zecora" is not the word for zebra in Swahili. Fourth, the word "zebra" does not come from the Congo, but from Portugese. These are the sort of mistakes one runs into citing a text from 1901 which cites a text from 1682.
Likely a writer for the show was googling, found this text, or a reference to the text, and continued the misconception. Probably caring more that the name sounds pretty, then linguistic accuracy. |