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[Laurence Horn]

At 11:30 AM -0500 3/3/08, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>At 3/2/2008 10:22 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
>>I was surprised to read about a pig eating a baby in the cradle.  In
>>Chinese, the written character for "home" consists of the picture of a pig
>>(now altered from its original form) under a roof.
>
>Has the pig evolved, or only the Chinese character?
>
>>L. Wieger's book
>>_Chinese Characters_ (p. 173) explains: "The pigs live around the houses of
>>the Chinese countrymen, and even enter in them, as well as the dogs. ..."
>>
>>Maybe the pigs in China are tamer.
>
>And also (formerly) in Ireland.  (As well as elsewhere -- what
>movie(s) have scenes with small livestock in or entering homes?)
>
>Joel

Well, there's "Babe"...

LH

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