3 ms·

So how do you go about buying a guinea pig?

• oblio 9y ago
  > Could I have that cute 2 months old Cavia porcellus, please?
  • Freak_NL 9y ago
    Or just ask for 'that cavy'. The article mentions 'guinea men' to refer to the trading ships that shuttled between Britain, South America and 'Guinea', but I can't help but imagine a hypothetical breed of six feet tall, dapperly clothed, bipedal guinea pig.
    • finin 9y ago
      Like the one that Beatrix Potter imagined?https://imgur.com/a/tjktk https://imgur.com/a/tjktk
• mrweasel 9y ago
  Denmark solved that problem by calling them "Marsvin" - Sea pigs. We then choose to also use that exact same name for harbour porpoise (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_porpoise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_porpoise)
• krallja 9y ago
  Ask for a cavy.