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Re: Country names

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Friday, May 9, 2003, 10:57
Markus Miekk-oja scripsit:

> Shouldn't Sweden/Norway have the "elk" instead of the "moose" - I know this > is hairsplitting, but the European variety is generally known as an elk. -
The difficulty is that "elk" in North America refers to a different animal altogether. The North American moose/European elk is _Alces alces_, whereas the North American elk, sometimes called the wapiti, is _Cervus elaphus_. ObJoke: A Scotsman visiting Canada was taken by his local relatives to see a mouse. "If that's yer moose," said he, "I dinna want to see yer rats!" -- De plichten van een docent zijn divers, John Cowan die van het gehoor ook. jcowan@reutershealth.com --Edsger Dijkstra http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

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