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Old_timey_brain t1_ivta6t0 wrote

Very cool shot. I was confused by the title, so did some research.

Is baobab and boab the same?

The common name 'boab' might reasonably be assumed to be of Aboriginal origin, but it's actually a corruption of 'baobab', an Arabic word of African origin that means 'father of many seeds'.

It's a clue to the tree's evolutionary associations because the boab and baobabs belong to the same genus.

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ChzGoddess t1_ivu7brn wrote

"BuT pLaGiArIsM!"

Despite provoking the ire of the reddit professors who want to impose their college plagiarism policy on a reddit comment, I appreciate it. Because I, too, was wondering if they meant baobab.

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivu98ke wrote

The funny thing is that my first thought was along the lines of, "fool, can't you spell?" The second thought was, are these really in Australia, but then I remembered seeing one at the old entrance to the Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida. Which led to the third thought of, I'd better check on things before I shoot myself in the foot.

So, I shot the other foot, apparently! :)

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Call_In_The_Bin t1_ivwazbk wrote

I too was about to shoot my foot off. Good thing I read the posts first.

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OneLostOstrich t1_ivvkkg9 wrote

It's really a baobab. No idea why they call them boab instead.

They are all from the Adansonia family and are baobabs.

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VLWphotography OP t1_ivwci87 wrote

These are actually unique to Western Australia 🙏🏽

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caresawholeawfullot t1_ivwx494 wrote

You in Broome?

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VLWphotography OP t1_ivwzoby wrote

Perth, very south!

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caresawholeawfullot t1_ivx10rv wrote

Wow, there's big boabs like this in Perth? I live in the north west myself but haven't seen massive ones like this anywhere else but Broome. Great shot!

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VLWphotography OP t1_ivx8s7u wrote

No I’m in Perth gif the tree is on a private property in the East Kimberley.

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bend1310 t1_ivvyhwo wrote

Different places have different names for things as the original gets bastardised.

Its why we have Coffee instead of Qahwah.

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Petrichordates t1_ivwgbgc wrote

Yeah those are different languages though.

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bend1310 t1_ivwk7qb wrote

Like... what?

The words are etymologically related. One is descended from the other. They aren't independently developed.

Boab is just the word generally used here in Australia for the local species.

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Petrichordates t1_ivwmpvp wrote

Yes that's true of almost all words, but they often change between languages. This one changed just because.

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bend1310 t1_ivx4eel wrote

Its not like an authority makes the decision to change a word. 'Just because' is how all words change.

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Petrichordates t1_ivza9yo wrote

Like I said, it's usually because of changes between languages. There are relatively few cases of words with such changes between USA/UK/AU.

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Marty_Br t1_ivtq146 wrote

Nothing says smart more than plagiarism

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivtt2nq wrote

> I was confused by the title, so did some research.

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larrythefatcat t1_ivtyziw wrote

The plagiarism replies are approaching silly, but you clearly know how to use > to denote a quote...

I don't know where I'd side if this went to r/karmacourt

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivtzwvz wrote

Sure, >, or sometimes coming from Reddit, a simple straight vertical line.

But, honest to God, when I say I did some research does that not kind of indicate the same thing?

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lolipoops t1_ivu1rbp wrote

I, for one, appreciate the info. Pay no attention to the salty haters.

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larrythefatcat t1_ivuduwr wrote

> But, honest to God, when I say I did some research does that not kind of indicate the same thing?

I really don't have much of a problem with people copy-pasting info from another site onto Reddit so long as they don't fully pretend they are the ones who came up with it; to be clear, I don't think your reply comes across as a "I made this" situation.

It's just that adding a vertical line or "greater than" symbol would have made it clear that it was a direct quote... or even changing that period before the quote into a colon would have made it absolutely clear that you were copying the text wholesale.

I'm confused as to why merely bringing this up has gotten me downvoted, but then I remembered: Reddit.

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivugwei wrote

> I'm confused as to why merely bringing this up has gotten me downvoted

Sorry to hear that. I gave you an up. Check back in the morning and you'll likely see a different response from the crowd.

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larrythefatcat t1_ivujqfh wrote

It's the smallest of small things in the grand scheme of things and I guess it comes across a little "smartass-y" (especially the tongue-in-cheek reference to r/karmacourt) now that I read it again, so I'm not going to worry about it.

Thank you for being level-headed and I'm glad you seem to understand that I'm attempting (in my own way) to be a mediator in this situation.

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivumdyz wrote

> Thank you for being level-headed and I'm glad you seem to understand that I'm attempting (in my own way) to be a mediator in this situation.

We're all good. Thanks for speaking up. It's been enjoyable having pretty level-headed back and forth.

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ArtDSellers t1_ivto74s wrote

Did you seriously just copy and paste that and pawn it off as your own thinking?

Edit: wow, so much butt hurt from all y'all.

Edit 2: I don’t understand why you all think I care what you think. I don’t. Just downvote me and move on to something worthy of your time. Everything is fine. We’re all gonna be fine.

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Old_timey_brain t1_ivtsx3h wrote

> so did some research.

EDIT: It was your idea first, wasn't it?

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Scarbane t1_ivubkda wrote

Fr, OP could've put put a ">" in front of the quoted text to make it show up as a quote, but it's not that big of a deal in this sub.

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Nomicakes t1_ivtwjuk wrote

Did you seriously just seethe at someone for having the audacity to look up information, and then share said information?
Are you okay?

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ArtDSellers t1_ivu57es wrote

I'm good, yeah. Actually having a great day. I appreciate your asking. How you doin'?

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Slannar t1_ivu0yq4 wrote

Oh no! Plagiarism! Oh wait, this isn't a college research paper but a comment on reddit. Nevermind, you're over reacting.

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Trashman82 t1_ivul0fl wrote

TIL that i need to cite my references when I'm having a conversation with someone.

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VLC31 t1_ivvhzfh wrote

Actually, I think they’ve got a point. It’s not hard to say something like “I found this information in the Australian Geographic”. That person has posted the information as if it their original thought/knowledge. It’s rather pathetic, actually, trying to prove how clever they are with stolen information.

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morphballganon t1_ivu9bez wrote

There's a difference between us being butthurt and us letting you know you're a giant douchebag.

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ArtDSellers t1_ivusd7d wrote

You seem awfully emotionally invested in something that really, really isn't worth it. I hope you have a better day after this. Stay safe out there, friend.

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morphballganon t1_ivuypz7 wrote

Emotionally invested? You just got downvoted for being a jackass, dummy. It's not any more complicated than that. Take your L with dignity instead of flailing like a toddler.

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ArtDSellers t1_ivvp8lc wrote

Yeah, emotionally invested. Like how you’re calling me names, because I said something you don’t like to a stranger. It’s weird. Let’s be done now.

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