# The Return of the Brontosaurus!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-brontosaurus/717036>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-brontosaurus/717036 "2015-04-07T13:57:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-brontosaurus/717036/61 "2015-04-09T03:06:49Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> But nobody calls it an “Ornithorhynchus”[URL=“[Platypus - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus)”]

The French do - well, “Ornithorynque”.  
That doesn’t make them any less weird though. The platypuses, not the French.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-brontosaurus/717036/62 "2015-04-09T11:50:42Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> The French do - well, “Ornithorynque”.  
> That doesn’t make them any less weird though. The platypuses, not the French.

This must make it hard to translate Tom Lehrer’s song _Oedipus Rex_ into French.

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