From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/15945 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lloyd Zusman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: New series; new name Date: 10 Aug 1998 18:39:57 -0400 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87hfzlgq50.fsf@pobox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035154896 24959 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:01:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:01:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Zander Return-Path: Original-Received: from gwyn.tux.org (gwyn.tux.org [207.96.122.8]) by altair.xemacs.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA11870 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:46:50 -0700 Original-Received: from gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (gizmo.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.102.31]) by gwyn.tux.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA08868 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:42:18 -0400 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (sina.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.3.5]) by gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAS28349; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:12:51 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:40:38 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [209.195.19.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA00140 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:40:29 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from ljz.asfast.net (gnus@ljz.asfast.net [205.230.75.82]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA07044 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:40:01 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (from gnus@localhost) by ljz.asfast.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA27066; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:39:58 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: ljz.asfast.net: gnus set sender to asfast using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: Stephen Zander's message of "10 Aug 1998 02:08:59 -0700" Original-Lines: 35 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.27/XEmacs 20.3 - "Vatican City" Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:15945 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:15945 Stephen Zander writes: > >>>>> "Lloyd" == Lloyd Zusman writes: > Lloyd> Possum (American) == Often-used colloquialism for > Lloyd> "opossum" > > Oi! Come to Australia and try & say that mate! :) > > A Possum (no leading o) is a marsupial, squirrel-like creature > living in Tropical Australia (and possibly other parts by now). Something called the "[o]possum" also inhabits the U.S. ... the animal is also a marsupial, but it's larger, slower, blinder, and dumber than a squirrel. It has a pointed snout and long, thin tail which make it look a bit like an oversized, mentally deficient rat. Most people call them "possums" here, also, and the offical, dictionary name ("opossum") tends to be used only by nitpickers and stuffed shirts these days. Not being either (well, at least not being a stuffed shirt ), I'm not sure why I even mentioned "opossum" in the first place. :) > >> Anyway, I like "Pan", and "Pan Troglodytes Gnus" sounds neat. > >> What's that, then? > > Lloyd> "Pan Troglodytes" is the genus (Pan) and species > Lloyd> (Troglodyte) of the chimpanzee. > > This one gets my vote. Actually, I like it more and more all the time, if I do say so myself. Add my "Pan Troglodytes Gnus" vote to the list. -- Lloyd Zusman ljz@asfast.com