Arctic and Antarctic don’t mean anything about actual bears. They are named after the Ursa Major constellation. The absence of bears in Antarctica is a coincidence.
Ursa Major means "the great bear“, though. Being named after something that’s named bear counts in my book as well as those of all but the worst pedants.
The absence of bears in Antarctica is a coincidence.
That’s what the secretly hyper-intelligent penguins who scared away the polar bears WANT you to think!
Arctic and Antarctic don’t mean anything about actual bears. They are named after the Ursa Major constellation. The absence of bears in Antarctica is a coincidence.
But isn’t Ursa Major a bear?
no, she’s a major general in the forces, you hippie!
They are, in fact, the very model of a modern major general!
They have information vegetable, animal and mineral!
Dammit, beat me by 5 minutes! I tip my hat to you, good sir/madam/other 👌🎩
Lunar’s the loony, I’M the hippie!
Would you say that she’s the very model of a modern Major General, or would that be going too far?
Yes, it means “The great bear” or “The big bear”.
Ursa Major means "the great bear“, though. Being named after something that’s named bear counts in my book as well as those of all but the worst pedants.
That’s what the secretly hyper-intelligent penguins who scared away the polar bears WANT you to think!