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<font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 07 February 2007 - Volume 13</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_ezinsser@icon.co.za" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Elsie Zinsser <<a href="mailto:ezinsser@icon.co.za">ezinsser@icon.co.za
</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg"></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L 'What does it mean?'
2007.02.07 (01) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></font><p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hi all,</span></font></span></font>
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<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Nora, the 'beerleeu'
probably refers to a mythical beast rather than a real animal.</span></font></span></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I found reference
to this on the website:</span></font></span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:fDvjAm5xDu4J:www.arts.kuleuven.be/Afrikaans/les7.doc+%22beerleeu%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:fDvjAm5xDu4J:www.arts.kuleuven.be/Afrikaans/les7.doc+%22beerleeu%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk</a></span></font></span><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">
</span></font></span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I can only
assume it's a lion-like animal that could walk on its hind legs.</span></font></span><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span></font></span></font></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Regards,</span></font></span><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span></font>
</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="sg">
<p><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Elsie
Zinsser</span></font></span><span><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span></font></span></p></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><font color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span></font></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="q">
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt;"><font color="black"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">From: <span></span></span></font><font color="#00681c"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">"Billings, N. (Nora)" <
<a href="mailto:NoraB@nedbank.co.za" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">NoraB@nedbank.co.za</a>></span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"><br>
Subject: BEERLEEU</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left: 36pt;"><font color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">My
daughter is in grade 11, she need to do a project on the following (BEERLEEU).
Please let my know what animal is this and will you please forward a picture.</span></font></p></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Paul Finlow-Bates <<a href="mailto:wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk">
wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg"></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L 'What does it mean?'
2007.02.07 (06) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></font><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<div style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><br>From Wim and Nora RE the "beerleeu":<br><br>Sounds
much like the so-called "Nandi Bear" that has been reported from Africa
since the 19th Century. A large agressive animal that isn't quite like
anything curently known. Suggestions include:</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"> </font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">A hyaena, but not closely related to well-known modern African species</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">A giant baboon</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">Too much colonial pink gin.</font></div><font size="2"><span class="sg">
<div style="font-size: 12pt;"> </div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul Finlow-Bates</div></span><span class="ad">
</span></font></div><font size="2"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></font>
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