Talk:Try to pet the snake
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Snakes are not poisonous. Some snakes are venomous. There's a difference.--Platypus 18:59, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
Correct me if I am wrong though, a venomous snake will still poison you, correct? So to be correct, it should technically be:
When you pet the snake it turns out that it was actually a venomous snake and poisons you and your dog and you die
I mean, it wouldn't "venom you", would it? --Dirty Me 04:31, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
Hmm, according to: motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/poisonous-or-venomous/
Summary: Poisonous and venomous aren’t totally distinct. It’s fine to call a snake poisonous, even if it’s its venom that’s dangerous. But it’s rare (and generally incorrect) to call something with a non-venom poison venomous. This is how it has been for hundreds of years in English. Objections to the subset relationship between poisonous and venomous are pretty rare, and outside of specialized contexts, pretty unfounded.
But, I am not sure how much of an expert the writer of this blog is. But he does give references to published writing using "poisonous snake", so I guess it is more quibbling that commonly accepted, yet incorrect usages of certain words? --Dirty Me 04:35, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
