I prefer the name "Inscrutable Slope ChingChing Wong Coolie Dink Hornet".
Posted on 07/25/2022 9:41:42 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Same hornet, new name. The Entomological Society of America announced Monday that it has adopted a new name for the Asian giant hornet, also known as the murder hornet.
The insect, species Vespa mandarinia, will now be known as the northern giant hornet.
“Amid a rise in hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent, usage of ‘Asian’ in the name of a pest insect can unintentionally bolster anti-Asian sentiment,” the ESA wrote in a news release.
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“It avoids evoking fear or discrimination,” ESA president Dr. Jessica Ware said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs17.com ...
Call them the Green Hornets.
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No.
CBS affiliates are carrying it, too.
How do you tell the difference between a Northern giant hornet and a Southern giant hornet?
A Northern giant hornet kills honeybees and a Southern giant hornet CALLS you a honeybee.
When you stir up a nest and have them all coming for you, I’ll bet they’ll be called all kinds of names!
Evidence that Biden’s brain has been infected with the French disease.
One would have to shut the bath houses
Well, there’s another “Society” you can’t believe any more!
The BLM people attacking Asians have never heard of Murder Hornets.
Can’t have fun names anymore, everything must be bland.
Chicago Hornets?
I prefer the name "Inscrutable Slope ChingChing Wong Coolie Dink Hornet".
Thought those things were from Africa or South America..
Get with the time, you ra-acist!
They are now "Killer Bees of Color!"
Regards,
Yet another asinine liberal woke ass name game. Hopefully the murder hornets aren’t offended and we wind up providing retribution and fee hives.
Yeah, that was interesting. Shutter churches to stop COVID but don’t shutter bathhouses to stop Monkeypox. Liberal logic.
Have they thought this through? Don't they realize that "northern giant hornet" is a slur against northern people, tall people, people with acromegaly, and the sexually deprived?
What can these people be thinking!
Why not name them White Heterosexual Male hornets, then everybody can hate them equally!?
“Vespa mandarinia” actually translates from Latin as “Mandarin Wasp”. So it’s Chinese, not the generic Asian.
Unless one uses the term “mandarin” to connote:
* A high government official or bureaucrat.
or
* A member of an elite group, especially a person having influence or high status in intellectual or cultural circles. an untouchable elite.
Tyranovespa Rex
“Amid a rise in hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent, usage of ‘Asian’ in the name of a pest insect can unintentionally bolster anti-Asian sentiment,”
Okay, so call it the “Oriental Murder Hornet” then.
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