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[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03

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Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03
From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:57:09 -0400
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

> mmm, this is why I hate English.  Words shouldn't have primary, secondary,
> and a hundred other possible meanings.

Life is hard.

> So, given this English definition, what would we call the hair on a cats
> face that is not the long vibrissae?

"Fur".  "Whiskers" when applied to non-humans always means vibrissae,
as far as I know.

> Which of these meanings is referred to in alice?

The word appears three times: twice about the White Rabbit, once about
the Dormouse.  Both these animals have vibrissae.

References:
- [jbovlaste] Alice in Wonderland 03
  - From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
- [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03
  - From: Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>
- [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03
  - From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
- [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03
  - From: Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>
- [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03
  - From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
- [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03
  - From: Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>

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