it makes me very happy that woodpeckers are called "carpinteros" in the spanish speaking world. they carve wood! they're carpenters!
me, turning my chair backwards as i point out a hairy woodpecker through the window: "you know, i also know a certain 'carpintero peludo' who had some very interesting ideas!"
The Finnish name for woodpeckers is "tikka", which as far as I can tell just stems onomatopoeically from the sound of them hitting the tree with their beaks.
But I've lived in the UK for over a decade and I still chuckle at one of the most common takeaway foods here effectively being called a "chicken woodpecker" in my brain.
