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- From: Bruce.Scott@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Scott)
- Subject: Re: [ARCH] Re: Which Came First, Agriculture or Pastorialism? [LONG]
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- claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird) writes:
- > stcmille@panix.com (Steve Miller) writes:
- >>[Cameron Laird wrote:] .
- >>>3. domestication isn't irreversible. Elk
- >>> ("moose" to North Americans) and stinging [...]
-
- >No, I'm serious. Europeans say "elk", and
- >mean <<Alces alces>>, which is what all
- >English speakers in North America call
- >"moose". Any Scandinavians care to confirm
- >this?
-
- I can confirm it in the case of Germany. The German "Elsch" is the
- North American "Moose".
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- Bruce Scott
- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany
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