Re: wild, feral, ??, tame, domesticated

Staving Herman Miller:
>On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:31:11 -0600, "Elyse M. Grasso"
><emgrasso@...> wrote:
>
> >I think there is a word missing in the English semantic space that would
> apply
> >to these geese, and the city pigeons and wrens that pick up crumbs underfoot
> >and you almost need to be careful not to step on them. Sort of the opposite
> >of feral. ("Weeds" or "pests" doesn't quite work, either...)
>
>You know, there's got to be a technical term for that, at least, but I
>can't think of one. Surely the Zireen languages have a word for it though.
It occurs to me that a wild animal that approaches humans without fear is
often referred to (non-technically) as "bold" in English. The term
contrasts with "shy" for animals that avoid humans.

Pete

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