[Gpdd] MISC: Welsh Piggies
Luita Spangler
luitad at zedat.fu-berlin.de
Sat Oct 6 03:30:49 EDT 2007
Abrupt Pig! What a wonderful name! Milton, can you spell "mochyn cwta"
phonetically for us? In German, their name is Meerschweinchen - "little
sea pigs". "Meer" sounds just like "mehr", which means "more", so their
name, sound-wise at least, also means "more little pigs". "Meerschwein"
means "porpoise" in German, so their name could also be construed to
mean "Little porpoises"!
Luita
Bert and Ernie, who indignantly refuse to be equated with porpoises of
any size
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