USAGE: odd ones (was Re: Damin)

On 14 Feb 2005, at 11.15 pm, caeruleancentaur wrote:

> http://www.rickharrison.com/language/damin.html
>
> "...thuu is used for large sea-dwelling mammals such as dugongs and
> turtles,..."
>
> I'd like to pick a nit.  Surely the author knows that turtles are not
> mammals.  I can only see this as another example of believing that
> the words "animal" and "mammal" are synonymous.
While on the subject of odd usages, I just came across a post with the
subject header 'I have diven in agin'
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.crafts.meadmaking/
browse_thread/thread/9a403b43e99e27c1>. It seems 'dive' is a regular
strong verb nowadays :)

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Tristan.