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>>177940 >>Its just americans cant remember the difference so they call them all turtles.
Um, no. It depends on where you're from; in America, it is actually correct to use turtle as the generic name, and tortoises are just the land-dwelling turtles. In British English, the two terms are a bit more mutually exclusive. But neither way is definitively "right," it just depends on where you're from. See link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differences_between_turtles%2C_tortoises_and_terrapins
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