I mean just look at them...

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homes@piefed.world · 29 pts · 27d

They’re learning synchronized swimming

lugal@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 27d (1 reply)

I looked it up so why not share it: the two meanings of school have nothing to do with each other. While the learning thing comes from Latin and untimely from Greek, a school of fish is a Dutch borrowing with Germanic roots.

::: spoiler etymology of place of instruction Middle English scole, from Old English scol, "institution for instruction," from Latin schola "meeting place for teachers and students, place of instruction;" also "learned conversation, debate; lecture; disciples of a teacher, body of followers, sect," also in the older Greek sense of "intermission of work, leisure for learning."

This is from Greek skholē "spare time, leisure, rest, ease; idleness; that in which leisure is employed; learned discussion;" also "a place for lectures, school;" originally "a holding back, a keeping clear," from skhein "to get" (from PIE root *segh- "to hold") + -olē by analogy with bolē "a throw," stolē "outfit," etc. :::

::: spoiler Etymology of large number of fish late 14c., scole, from Middle Dutch schole (Dutch school) "group of fish or other animals" (porpoises, whales), which is cognate with Old English scolu "band, troop, crowd of fish," both from West Germanic *skulo- (source also of Old Saxon scola "troop, multitude," West Frisian skoal), perhaps with a literal sense of "division," and from PIE root *skel- (1) "to cut." Compare shoal (n.2)), the assibilated form of the same word. For possible sense development, compare section (n.) from Latin secare "to cut." :::

okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 26d

Amazing! This is how the internet is supposed to be. 🖖

i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 27d (2 replies)

Subtraction, usually.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 27d (1 reply)

"If there are 30 of us and a shark eats 14 of us, how many of us are left?"

gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 27d

kid in the back raises his fin, gets eaten by passing barracuda

WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 27d

They get lost when teachers talk about deep subjects.

OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 27d

School?.. I only see one big fish?

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 27d

More like a gang of fish out causing mischief.

hungrythirstyhorny@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 27d

analyzing human that swim. learn to avoid them ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

Thorry@feddit.org · 3 pts · 27d

Synchronized swimming obviously

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 27d

Learning to act like zebras.

pitaya@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 27d

Your secrets

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d

Ehhhhh, I dunno. This whole thing seems fishy to me....

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 26d (1 reply)

Who are crows murdering?

Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 25d

What are the baboons flanging?

Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 27d

They learn thru osmosis

daannii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d

Synchronized swimming.

Maroon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 27d
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