tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263129748509629442.post3089690037879186034..comments2023-11-23T09:17:41.422+01:00Comments on The Giraffability of Digressions: On Foolish Norwegian (lesson # 4, I think)Cruella Colletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11422848273167338884noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263129748509629442.post-15658582138852274432010-04-02T10:45:46.504+02:002010-04-02T10:45:46.504+02:00*snort* I couldn't resist...
Joris - thank yo...*snort* I couldn't resist...<br /><br />Joris - thank you for that piece of information! Good to know that the "trick mouses" weren't actually Norwegian in origina...<br /><br />Tami - either you're playing along very devotedly, or I got you it seems ;)<br /><br />Mark - it is a good word (and the only one from the above list that actually is what I claimed it was. Check out my April 2nd for for clarification)Cruella Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422848273167338884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263129748509629442.post-59548190081536053722010-04-01T23:32:06.626+02:002010-04-01T23:32:06.626+02:00Blekksprut is my new favourite word.Blekksprut is my new favourite word.M.J. Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972190103986599079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263129748509629442.post-80765953208072289572010-04-01T21:09:14.732+02:002010-04-01T21:09:14.732+02:00I think a trick mouse is a BRILLIANT thing to call...I think a trick mouse is a BRILLIANT thing to call a rat! *giggles* (this is the thoughtful variety that responds so much to everything that they are easy to manipulate for experimentation... I'm familiar--there is a guy who has spoken here about his many generation breeding experiment to discover why some people get fat and others don't (dispositionally and metabolically)--those are Norwegian Brown trick mice, I'm sure of it...<br /><br /> And Bounce Corn? I love these! Though I think I'm with you on it being silly to have changed the name of banana...Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5263129748509629442.post-87279983233090947892010-04-01T14:05:45.329+02:002010-04-01T14:05:45.329+02:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus#Nam...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus#Naming_and_etymologyTreeXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207780401239489714noreply@blogger.com