Re: Country names
| From: | M. Astrand <ysimiss@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 15, 2003, 16:04 |
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>From: Markus Miekk-oja <fam.miekk-oja@...>
>Subject: Re: [CONLANG] Country names
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
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>If you decide to list the Sapmi area as one country too, I suggest
>"fjällräven" - the fellfox or fjeldfox (alopex lagopus), even though it
>predominantly is an animal of the tundra, if you still have the reindeer
>to
>be the symbol of Finland.
I believe the normal English for an Alopex lagopus is "arctic fox".
(I know it's late, but I had archived the message and forgot to answer it.)
- M. Astrand
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