animals and non-animals

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I am not up on etymology of "duck" verb, but if it's connected to the
> bird, the meaning split a millennium ago.

If you ever observe the relevant avian in the wild, the possibility
either that ducks are called "ducks" because they duck or that _duck_
means "duck" because it's reminiscent of an action typical of ducks
will immediately come to mind. It's quite unavoidable.
--
-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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