(04-22-2026, 04:44 AM)Norgarth Wrote:
Can't say as I'm too surprised by the first. That is, after all, what "hippopotamus" literally means.
And bats are called "flying mice" in multiple languages. German comes immediately to mind.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....


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