Re: [wolfrunners] Re: Languages and SF/F (fwd)
| From: | <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2000, 15:22 |
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Yoon Ha Lee forwarded an e-mail with these words:
> > > Using only English words, what do you call a kangaroo?
>
> Jumping Animal! :-) Giant Grasshopper. But it is a good point that
I would call a kangaroo by the word "kangaroo", since "kangaroo" is an
English word, just like "computer", "automobile", "tobacco", "tomato",
"moose", "tomahawk", "whisk(e)y", "whig", "torie", "shanty",
"donnybrook", "mesa", "arroyo", "lariat", "chaparral", "bazaar",
"apothecary", and "sushi" are all English words.