| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 1, 2006, 2:27 |
On 6/30/06, Stephen Mulraney <ataltane.conlang@...> wrote:> 'Spur' actually has an English cognate - spoor, which I've mainly seen > referring to the trail (usually of scent) left by a fleeing animal, and > which may be tracked by a dog (do Americans call such dogs 'smelling nose > dogs'? :-) ).American Germans might, I suppose, but in general we call them "bloodhounds". -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>