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#8540 10/26/00 01:46 AM
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Who, who, yes you! You would have to be a lady to be called a chouette (owl). Don't confuse the folks again. We've already got a few calling you Shona


#8541 10/30/00 09:18 AM
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<<here's a whole list of "animalistic adjectives"

http://www.chameleon.net/deserthare/NameYourFurSelf.html

[try to ignore the lapine background :-Þ ]>>

That is a great list!! But I just don't get the internet - who was so philanthropic (and time rich) as to put these things together?


#8542 10/30/00 12:12 PM
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"Side be Side Bisontine"

A Funny Thing Happened In This Forum...


#8543 10/30/00 12:43 PM
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Hey, John(john), it's nice to see you back!
Let me just try something:
http://www.chameleon.net/deserthare/NameYourFurSelf.html
Ah--quicker, I think. (You can do this, too, Dear--when you are making a post, go up to the top of the screen and click on the highlighted markup in your posts.
Usually, mine is blue. Today it is red.)


Here's something from the list: bombycine: silkworm.
I wonder if that's where the word bombazine came from.

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