Re: Dublex (was: Washing-machine words (was: Futurese, Chinese,
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 22, 2002, 13:26 |
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J Y S Czhang scripsit:
> It may help to show examples of this, And. From taxonomy and natlangs
> (and, possibly, conlangs). I am keen to clear this up myself ;) Thanx in
> advance...
Well, the lowland or common gorilla is "Gorilla gorilla gorilla", whereas
the mountain gorilla is "Gorilla gorilla beringei". Then we have the indri,
a prosimian of Madagascar, whose Linnaean name is "Indri indri".
But my favorite Linnaean name belongs to the boa constrictor: "Boa constrictor".
No kidding.
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