lmao, not an english native speaker here. What would be, in english language, the difference between poisonous and venomous? Lifting aside the "pois" and the "ven".
Not native English speaking neither but afaik:
poisonous: you die if you eat it
Venomous: you die if it bites you
I don't speak Spanish, but just looking at the alternative options Google Translate provides when you only input a single word, it's possible that "tóxico" might be a clearer translation of "poisonous".
Tóxico is more or less analogous to toxic in English, it sounds normal to use with something like a chemical but weird with an animal
Hace un par de días teníamos esta misma discusión aquí, básicamente «poison» es si lo tocas y mueres. «Venom» es si te muerde y mueres. En español es más simple con veneno jaja
Recalco en que no soy angloparlante porque busqué primero en un diccionario en inglés y aparecen como sinónimos, entonces para sacarme completamente de dudas, pregunto a angloparlantes, pero sigo en la misma situación
I was told that if something dies from poison and you eat it then it is dangerous. But if something dies from venom and you eat it you will be okay.
Seems like it would depend on the poison.
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Keep in mind that poisonous and venomous are only different in a scientific context. In regular conversation people use them to mean the same thing (or at least they use poisonous to mean both-- venomous is less used in casual contexts)
Just watch the german version, where both translates to "giftig". Who cares if it needs to bite you or if you need to bite it, if it contains poison/venom just stay away from it.
I saw it last night: it's the worst wet fart of a movie I've seen in a long time
What is missing from the original?
Story cohesion, justifiable plot, relatable characters, believable dialogues, good montage (there are more frame changes than a fast and furious chase sequence) and in general there is nothing that make this one look like a Tim Burton movie.
But hey we now have *checks notes* Monica Bellucci, the worst actress the big screen has ever seen...
Did you see Borderlands, Killer's Game, or any of the Rebel Moon variations?
Nope, as I generally want to be entertained when I spend money and time for a movie.
I'd lie if I said I expected this to be as good as the first one, but boy was that an understatement...
As a non native English speaker, where does toxic fit into the poisonous/venevenomous question?
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/364-poisons-and-toxins
Sounds like poisons are injested, and toxins are poisons that are produced within the body through reactions. And venom is just poison that's only harmful in the bloodstream.
Toxic can be used to refer to something that will slowly damage the body in some way.
e.g. tobacco smoke, which doesn't kill you right away, but slowly turns you into a zombie, by destroying your mental ability and cause faster ageing.
Another, is Lead (Pb), which lead to the destruction of the Roman empire.As a native English speaker, uuuuhhhhhhh
It's a common mistake, so isn't a character in a movie making it realistic? Wouldn't it be out of character for many characters to have perfect English?
it only takes 1 flaw to turn a movie from a 10/10 to a 0/10. this is one such example
sigh guess us real kinophiles must fend for ourselves
May point is that it might be a mistake of the character, intended by the writers, not a mistake by the writers.
Remakes are unwatchable
It's not a remake. It's a sequel with the same director and writing team as the first one.
It also has a few truly disturbing scenes.
The first one isn't exactly watchable either. Beetlejuice is in it for 20 min of the whole movie? He's not the main character, sure but you'd think the titular character would have more screen time.
Maybe she was eating poisonous snakes off camera. You don't know.
I literally thought the correction in my head while in the theater. It took some restraint to not mention anything to my partner lol
Aside of the obvious meme joke. Well, language eveolves, maybe the distinction isn't that important any more. Other languages don't have it and usually you add more context to something. Also when was the last time you tried to eat an unknown animal? Or where in a situation, where you had to decide if the dangerous looking animal is only supposed to be uneatable instead of venomous?
as much as i believe languages are living tools, cannot be constrained by rules, and will evolve no matter how much old timers complain
if you tell me about a "venomous mushroom" I'll freak out at the possibility of such a being existing faster than you can explain how you don't really see a reason for the distinction between venomous and poisonous and that other languages don't even have it
In German venomous and poisonous is the same word. It absolutely does work.
Tbh I feel like it’s a very important distinction . There are poisonous things that aren't harmful unless ingested. However something that is venomous is probably ready to attack if approached
It's kind of funny, because in other languages it doesn't use this distinction and people don't eat poisonous mushrooms because someone called them venomous by accident, or the other way around with a venomous animal.
I'm fine with language naturally changing over time as it does, but I'm not a big fan of people gleefully cheering on as words lose meaning because people can't handle being corrected about the current meaning/intent of words.
Maybe you need to dub it from english to english and take the chance to fix it.
