I had one as a kid, they’re great pets. If you ever do get one, you should get more than one. They’re actually quite social and can get lonely, which I unfortunately found out years after mine had passed.
I’m a native speaker of Mandarin (Chinese), where there’s no rat/mouse distinction either. I know that in English they’re different so I do say rat for big ones and mouse for small ones in English, but otherwise they’re basically the same to me.
For the record, that rodent is a rat not a mouse lol
Random fact: Rats are so god damn cute, i would have one if they had a reasonable life expectancy.
I had one as a kid, they’re great pets. If you ever do get one, you should get more than one. They’re actually quite social and can get lonely, which I unfortunately found out years after mine had passed.
If I had one, my cat would definitely just eat it.
Random piece of information: the Japanese call all of them just “Nezumi” 🐁 🐀
Well the Japanese need to be more specific because they’re very different.
I can’t imaging how hard it is to Google specifically rat or specifically mice questions there lmao
Have you heard of grue?
In any case, the same applies to animals. They may not be linguistucally differentiated in the same way across language boundaries.
I’m a native speaker of Mandarin (Chinese), where there’s no rat/mouse distinction either. I know that in English they’re different so I do say rat for big ones and mouse for small ones in English, but otherwise they’re basically the same to me.
The japanese simply don’t make that distinction and it’s not a problem for them
Plenty of languages (including my Polish) don’t make a distinction between town and city, and they don’t have problems
I feel like town and city is a little less consequential than two separate species
Mice and rats are both generic names for multiple species
Damn, you’re right, welp I stand corrected
Wait, aren’t town and city the same thing?
I think cities are bigger. Hamlet -> Village -> Town -> City -> Metropolis, or something along those lines.
Can also denote a difference in government styles: towns have a town council, cities have a mayor. Cities can be smaller than towns.
This depends on your region, naturally.
It’s also a wireless rat.