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Re: Country names

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Thursday, May 8, 2003, 5:42
 --- Herman Miller skrzypszy:

> >Brasil = parrot > > Parrot is pretty generically "tropical". Hard to associate parrots with any > one country, although specific kinds of parrots might be better.
Well, how about "amazone parrot"?
> >China (mainland) = panda
Are mythical animals allowed too? In that case I would propose: China = dragon Greece = flying horse etc.
> >France = maybe auroch, given the Lascaux cave
Frog? Snail?
> >Germany = white stork
German shephard?
> >India = peacock, tiger
Indian elephant? Further: Belgium = parakeet (don't ask me why, but it was the first thing I could think of) Georgia = lamb Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

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