[Ads-l] Fun with Wild Boars

[Dan Goncharoff]

I find the similarity in the words for bears and boars interesting:

https://animalcorner.org/animal-names/

Apparently, a male bear is a "boar", and a female bear and female boar are
both called a "sow". Somehow, now, a "boar cub" seems normal...
DanG


On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 5:15 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  https://www.yahoo.com/news/wild-boar-stole-german-nudists-152429522.html
>
> "The boar in question emerged from the forest with two cubs last week and
> made its way through crowds of Berliners seeking to cool off in the
> Teufelsee, one of the city’s many lakes."
>
> The real story here is that some people don't distinguish between "piglets"
> (or "boarlets") and "cubs."
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 1:52 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > I have, and even if it’s new a new word (it’s not in the OED, FWIW), I
> > nominate “boarlet” for the either the new category of “Most Pleasantly
> > Distracting Word of the Year” or that of “Word of the Year with the Most
> > Surprisingly Adorable Denotation".
> >
> >
> > > On May 11, 2020, at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Not meant for ADS-L, but enjoy.
> > >
> > > JL
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:24 AM Jonathan Lighter <
> > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> No kidding:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wild-boarlets-born-donegal-believed-165700219.html
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Jon
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> > truth."
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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