On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Jim Penny wrote: > Unfortunately, I doubt that the Romans had a word for penguin, so we > cannot date "from the founding of the penguin". Ahh... but entrepid zoologists have words for penguins: Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor penguin) Eudyptes crestatus (Rockhopper penguin)[1] etc. And you could even use the Great Auk's latin name, Pinguinus.[2] Don Armstrong 1: http://www.seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/penguinab.html 2: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwordorigins/penguin -- I leave the show floor, but not before a pack of caffeinated Jolt gum is thrust at me by a hyperactive girl screaming, "Chew more! Do more!" The American will to consume more and produce more personified in a stick of gum. I grab it. -- Chad Dickerson http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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