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Re: WG: Fortuitous typo (was: Re: Conlang in-jokes.)

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Sunday, August 28, 2005, 10:18
I don't remember who first wrote this:

>_Uhu_ ['u:hu:] is German for a special type of owl, did you know
that? Der Uhu is, IIRC, the German name for the eagle owl, Bubo bubo. It is the archetypical owl in Senyecan: ûla, to hoot; ûlen, eagle owl; ûlcen (with one diminutive suffix), Scops owl (Otus scops); ûlcëlen (with a second dim. suffix), pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum). Charlie http://wiki.frath.net//user:caeruleancentaur