LL-L "Etymology" 2002.11.21 (01) [E]

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From: Browne, Kevin at Astronaut <BrowneK at brevard.k12.fl.us>
Subject: etymology

Hoi my boetie,

Rober Bowman wrote:

On Saturday 16 November 2002 00:30,  Theo Homan wrote:
> If my memory is wright, 'penguin' was used -let's say
> untill 1900- for that kind of animals in the North
> Atlandic. [And they looked like the 'penguins' in the
> southern hemisphere because of their way of life, not
> by being nieces and cousins .]

http://www.rom.on.ca/biodiversity/auk/

Probably more than anyone wanted to know about the original 'penguin' or
Great Auk.

I like the website and I think that explains the word penguin, but
this still does not really answer my question about the Afrikaans word
"pikkewyn." And no one responded to my "drunk bird" hypothesis.

Elsie: Wat dink jy "ervaan?"

groetjes!
Kevin Browne

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