Received: from localhost ([::1]:37046 helo=stodi.digitalkingdom.org) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SqwS5-0007Mg-OD; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:19:49 -0700 Received: from earth.ccil.org ([192.190.237.11]:53058) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SqwRy-0007MX-Eo for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:19:47 -0700 Received: from cowan by earth.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SqwRw-0004qS-LP for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:19:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:19:40 -0400 From: John Cowan To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Message-ID: <20120717011940.GO21640@mercury.ccil.org> References: <201207161755.00893.phma@phma.optus.nu> <201207161910.42449.phma@phma.optus.nu> <20120716231419.GL21640@mercury.ccil.org> <201207162114.49543.phma@phma.optus.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201207162114.49543.phma@phma.optus.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / Subject: Re: [jbovlaste] ruslerci X-BeenThere: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: jbovlaste@lojban.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: jbovlaste-bounces@lojban.org Content-Length: 845 Pierre Abbat scripsit: > :D That Portuguese pun is about crustaceans, not geese. u'i "Barnacle" in English and the Romance languages applied first to the goose and only later to the crustacean; it's thought to be of Celtic origin. The goose nests in the Arctic in summer and returns to Europe in the winter, hence the mystery surrounding its reproduction. It was believed in ancient superstition to hatch from barnacle's shell, possibly because the crustacean's feathery stalks resemble goose down. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, LOTR:FOTR _______________________________________________ jbovlaste mailing list jbovlaste@lojban.org http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/jbovlaste