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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding dogs, wolves, coyotes, etc. there's Allan
Taylor's note about dogs and wolves and metaphotical extensions for theor names
in a note in IJAL in 1985 in the 'Hamp Festshcrift'. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In parts of the Pacific Northwest it was considered
ill luck to mention the creature at certain times of the year. Maybe this
practice of avoidance was also found in part of the Plains and would explain the
use of a noa term such as 'slasher' for it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anthony Grant</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>