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Re: _sloth_ (animal) in various natlangs/conlangs

From:Mia <lilami@...>
Date:Sunday, June 11, 2000, 22:40
Barry Garcia wrote:
> Come on now ;) Have you seen this creature move? In water it's faster than > in the trees, and it's so slow moving. I hear theyre so slow and mellow > they even get algae growing in their fur). They really dont do much other > than look for food, and swim when they have to. >
Sounds like they have the right idea. But I would say that, having a warm spot in my heart for all sloths, since my husband and I have decided that the exhibit of the skeletons of the [extinct] giant ground sloths (The Great Ground Sloths, as we call them) at the museum of natural history in Washington, DC are a shrine, and we make pilgrimages when we can to pray to the sloths. Just being silly, of course. We are exceptionally silly people... Oh, I need a Mÿjatx word for sloth, both the 3-toed and the giant ground. I think it has to have n's in it. Nalis? I like that. Ka mÿnta ad _Smithsonian_. Smixonÿan? Yeah, that's it. Love it. Yes, I do. -- Mia "Slothette" Soderquist Firetalk #605102 ICQ #19818811 or 5926593 MSN Messenger/hotmail: ursulanumeria@hotmail.com