2026-07-22 16:54 UTC
@OkieSpaceQueen@scicomm.xyz oh we have had horns for forever 📯 like shofars are really really old for example
now I'm thinking about describing flowers as vuvuzela shaped
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@ShadSterling@mastodon.social 2026-07-22 18:01
@t54r4n1@mspsocial.net @OkieSpaceQueen@scicomm.xyz I have in my head that “horns” (the instruments) have that name because the oldest ones were actually horns (the anatomical feature); I wonder if horn-shaped flowers got called horns too. Trumpets might be a different enough shape for a trumpet-shaped flower to not be seen as horn-shaped. It’s a really interesting question
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@t54r4n1@mspsocial.net 2026-07-22 16:55
@OkieSpaceQueen@scicomm.xyz what a fun question thank you