#55609
02/06/2002 5:37 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Or their second cousins, alpacas. From an article in today's local paper about alpaca farming, I learned that baby alpacas are called cria.
http://cityguide.lansingstatejournal.com/fe/events/020206_alpacas_1d.asp
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#55610
02/06/2002 6:59 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Cria: a word dear to the cruciverbalist, but very dangerous in the presence of a paronomasiac.
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#55611
02/06/2002 11:48 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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In Spanish, the word cría means any small creature, one not yet finished maturing, or still being brought up(raised) Hi, monti
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#55612
02/07/2002 1:15 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dear Keiva: I'll be goddamned if I can make a pun of any kind whatsoever out of "Cría" "Queer" is closest I can come.
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#55613
02/07/2002 12:49 PM
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Having only limited sympathy with your difficulty, dr. bill, my response is [music, maestro!], "Well, cria me a river." [ducking]
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#55614
02/07/2002 3:33 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dear Keiva: you failed to note accent mark on the "í" .
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#55615
02/07/2002 3:52 PM
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the word cría means any small creature
From the verb crear, to create. I always found it interesting that crear, to create and creer, to think, are subjunctives of each other.
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#55616
02/07/2002 4:22 PM
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mmm, great link, F. ~ so if you're a creative thinker, you'd make an ideal creers adviser?
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#55617
02/07/2002 4:57 PM
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Dear Keiva: you failed to note accent mark on the "í".
True; sorry ... but 'tweren't any to note in the first two posts.
he said, acriamonieously and lachriamosely
post-edit to dr. bill: << giggle >> but of course... I too would stretch a point to make a post -- especially a pun-ative one. << /giggle >> No derogatory intent ever perceived.
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#55618
02/07/2002 5:55 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dear Keiva: I took my cue from consuela, who is our resident Spanish scholar. Anything to make a post, no derogatory intent.
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#55619
04/30/2002 3:48 PM
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stranger
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Sooo...If you had a baby alpaca, would it be a cria pet?
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#55620
04/30/2002 4:01 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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If you had a baby alpaca, would it be a cria pet?
Hedging a bit ... maybe ... 
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