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WCDT Strips 3946-3950 (25th February - 1st March 2019)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 01 Mar 2019, 12:17 ---I really can't fault the cat. A bat is basically a flying mouse.
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Imagine if you saw a flying fox. 8-)
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 01 Mar 2019, 14:08 ---
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 01 Mar 2019, 12:17 ---I really can't fault the cat. A bat is basically a flying mouse. I believe that's what the German word fliedermaus translates to.
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Bats are actually far more popular with farmers, to the point where no one considers them vermin, best insect control in the world.
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They are important pollinators as well.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: Case on 01 Mar 2019, 12:45 ---
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 01 Mar 2019, 12:17 ---I really can't fault the cat. A bat is basically a flying mouse. I believe that's what the German word fliedermaus translates to.
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Nope, a Fliedermaus would be a 'lilacmouse'. A German bat is a Fledermaus - lit. Fluttermouse ....
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Fledermaus, that's what I meant. It's been like 35 years since my two semesters of German in middle school.
Y:
I once mailed a dead bat to the public health department in a letter, after keeping it it in my freezer for a night. It was a present from my cat.
Tova:
True, I reckon. True.
Case:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 01 Mar 2019, 15:03 ---
--- Quote from: Case on 01 Mar 2019, 12:45 ---
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 01 Mar 2019, 12:17 ---I really can't fault the cat. A bat is basically a flying mouse. I believe that's what the German word fliedermaus translates to.
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Nope, a Fliedermaus would be a 'lilacmouse'. A German bat is a Fledermaus - lit. Fluttermouse ....
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Fledermaus, that's what I meant. It's been like 35 years since my two semesters of German in middle school.
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And you still remember the Fluttermouse!?! :-o :laugh: (It is an odd word - in modern standard high German, it should, by rights, be Flattermaus. Methinks its a survivor from an older variant of German. Cornelius?)
Speaking of oddly-named rodent(oid)s - "Can you say Eichhörnchen?"
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRD4uq1mVwCanadian: Say Squirrel!
German: Skwee-rooll?
German: Can you say Eichhörnchen?
Canadian: *Gauge-Chicken*?
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