#wikipedia tells me spelling it with the macrons in english is becoming more common
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By ssw-burlg at iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC
#wētāpunga#little barrier giant wētā#giant wētā#giant weta#wētā#weta#cricket#bug#insect#arthropod#that's a lot of tags!! but it's spelled both with and without the macrons in english#wikipedia tells me spelling it with the macrons in english is becoming more common#because it's a Māori loanword#and if you spell it without the macrons it has a..... different definition#learned more than expected tonight when i decided “hmm. i want a really big bug”#sunday poll
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