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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>In different
cultures deception and cunning behavior are associated
with</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>certain
animals. The animal metaphor is often applied to a human</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=335101320-21052004>trickster.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=335101320-21052004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>rabbit:
Africa and America</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>fox: German,
Dutch, French</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>jackal:
Arabic</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>(o)possum:
US</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>spider:
Africa</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>squirrel:
Africa</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=335101320-21052004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=335101320-21052004>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A googly is a wonderful piece of deception.
The bowler spins the ball one way, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>but
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cunningly disguises his hand and wrist action so
that batsman thinks it's spinning </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the other way, and is completely flummoxed (left
hitting at the empty air as the ball </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sails past).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have heard it used metaphorically, thought the
evidence in BNC for metaphorical </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>use is rather thin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What other metaphors for deceptive behaviour are
there, outside English?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick</FONT></DIV>
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