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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan McLeay" <zsau@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: wild, feral, ??, tame, domesticated


> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, John Cowan wrote:
>
> > "Feral" refers to a wild animal (whether shy or not) whose ancestors
> > were domesticated: pigeons in the U.S. are all feral, even though many
> > of them have become acclimatized (which I think is the word wanted).
>
> I thought it referred to wild introduced species; in Australia, you can
> talk of feral plants (unlike weeds, these can be trees). We also have
> feral camels in the Northern Territory :)
I suppose that refers to the fact that they were once
'domesticated'(controlled by humans) and are now in the wild.

> --
> Tristan                  <kesuari@...>
>
> Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
> be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
>                 -- Snoopy
>