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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=433174118-15092005></SPAN>H<SPAN
class=433174118-15092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>ow this differs
from the positive connotations of "bat" in
Chinese:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=433174118-15092005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=433174118-15092005><FONT size=2>The Chinese
have conferred a number of laudatory<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>names on
this mouse-like mammal, such as 'embracing wings,
heavenly<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>rat, fairy
rat, night swallow,' and use it as a symbol of
happiness<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and long
life because its name 'fu' in Chinese happens to be
a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>homonym which
means both 'bat'<SPAN class=433174118-15092005> </SPAN>and 'prosperity.'<SPAN
class=433174118-15092005> (see the original</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Courier New"><SPAN class=433174118-15092005>quote from Noah Jacobs'
book)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><SPAN
class=433174118-15092005>Fritz Goerling</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P><FONT
size=2> </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>In most dialects of Carrier "bat" is -t'az (variously with
or<BR>without the prefix 'u), but in the Lheidli dialect, spoken<BR>around
Prince George, this has been replaced by the<BR>innovation liyab dut'ai "devil
bird", where dut'ai is<BR>"bird" (etymologically, "winged one") and liyab
is<BR>from French "le diable".<BR><BR>--<BR>Bill Poser, Linguistics,
University of Pennsylvania<BR><A
href="http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/">http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/</A>
billposer@alum.mit.edu<BR></TT>
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