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wonk001 t1_jdne821 wrote

That's shitty

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Detriumph t1_jdnr9l0 wrote

Lake Shittytiticaca is upstream and feeds into Lake Titicaca

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schlitz91 t1_jdo7psu wrote

Are you threatening me?

~ The Great Cornholio

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Bonaduce80 t1_jdnffzu wrote

Those names lol.

Poopo will be self explanatory for English speakers,but Titicaca sounds like "boob" and "shit", respectively, in Spanish.

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Detriumph t1_jdnrcnz wrote

Caca is an old-timey word for shit in the southern U.S. as well.

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AwkwardSquirtles t1_jdo3kk0 wrote

Probably taken from the spaniards who live there.

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Detriumph t1_jdo3ut9 wrote

I just know my great grandma used to call it caca back in the 1980s. She was born in 1901 and she was a rather, uh, wild woman in her youth. No telling where she picked it up.

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mummoC t1_jdqaarl wrote

Or the French Cajuns, caca also means shit in French.

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LunarPayload t1_jds1nrv wrote

Comes from Arabic

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mummoC t1_jdstmgv wrote

Nope, "caca" in french comes frome the latin word "cacare" and i'm pretty sure the Spanish origin for it is the same (roman langages and all)

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LMGDiVa t1_jdnu9rl wrote

No it sounds like that to American English speakers too LOL.

At least where I grew up caca was "shit"

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Mcginnis t1_jdov05z wrote

In french titi is sort of slang for small, so it's Lake very small shit

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themagicbong t1_jdoyqei wrote

Damn, all these jokes, but that sounds pretty fuckin serious. Pretty wild to have such an enormous body of water that high above sea level. "at an altitude of approximately 3,700 m (12,100 ft)."

"In 2002 the lake was designated as a site for conservation under the Ramsar Convention. By December 2015, the lake had completely dried up, leaving only a few marshy areas. Although the lake has dried up completely twice in the past, it does not appear that it will recover this time."

cool. cool. cool. this is fine. Was only the SECOND largest lake in the country.

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Spiritual_Meaning321 t1_jdpbyyu wrote

You're right, I just read up on it and it's CRAZY how the whole lake just disappeared. Very, very bad for those reliant on its waters.

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themagicbong t1_jdrurx0 wrote

I read the lake was saline, but I'm sure there were still plenty of uses, as you mention, despite the salt. But when I first commented it was like everyone was avoiding the elephant in the room, lol. I can't believe the whole thing just disappeared like that, though. Crazy. And even just the height it was at sorta blew my mind.

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Spiritual_Meaning321 t1_jdsicfv wrote

Ohh I thought it was freshwater. I've seen this happen to many rivers in my home country (Bangladesh). Even Lake Ontario's getting more polluted as the days go by. But yea, I was surprised no one was talking about it lol

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aKnightWh0SaysNi t1_jdo99vd wrote

Whoever named these bodies of water deserves a place among the gods

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NateNutrition t1_jdnl6n6 wrote

They got the poopo off their titicaca

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WornInShoes t1_jdo7x6c wrote

This title is a r/BrandNewSentence

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My_Space_page t1_jdomfje wrote

Motor boating is always fun here at Titicaca,just watch out for the floaters

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hooptyboots18 t1_jdp5y7q wrote

Who named these places, a 7 year old?

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laketittykaka2018 t1_jdp093v wrote

TIL there’s a Lake called Poopo that is fed by Lake Titicaca. Poopo Caca.

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HansTilburg t1_jdq9u5f wrote

I really wonder what you were searching for when you learned this today😂

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Front-Note- t1_jdqe02f wrote

hehe poo

hehe tit

hehe caca

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NFTY_GIFTY t1_jdrf2sp wrote

I'm really upset I wasn't made aware of this situation when I was 6 years old.

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tewnewt t1_jdnx6mf wrote

Good place to set up a lemonade stand.

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scrubjays t1_jdp0u2k wrote

Uranus has entered the discussion.

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kickasstimus t1_jdp8pm8 wrote

Boobypoop … poop-o …

Dry poop

Hehe

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e_3po t1_jdp9qyc wrote

Haha. What's lake Vag have to say about this. Or Mt Penopoopo? Bet they are still running hard.

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BstintheWst t1_jdqgejk wrote

Are you fucking kidding me?! Those are the names? Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo?

I know it doesn't mean the same thing in the language it's derived from but oh my god.

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trancepx t1_jdqosnf wrote

I have not the mental fortitude to make a comment here that isn't immature, so I will simply express that much.

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m31td0wn t1_jdredqn wrote

Someone was watching Beavis and Butthead.

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wassomboi t1_jdrk1ax wrote

You gotta be shitting me with these names, right?

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