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gyascutis a large imaginary four-legged beast with legs on one side longer than on the other for walking on hillsides
another wwftd reader chimes in with: Imaginary? IMAGINARY?? I think not! Any Scots school-boy can faithfully recite the full phylogeny of the quite extant Wild Haggis. Dost think it sprang from nowhere. Eh? Sadly, lost in the Darwinian Mists, is the provenance of its New World cousins, the Sidehill Gouger and the Sidehill Dodge Hodag. (Habt: Wisconsin & envirns. ) As a matter of fact, during the mining boom of the mid-eighteen hundreds, some imported Wild Haggis (sing/pl) were released in the State of Nevada, where they secretively flourish, even today! Why, I have, in my wallet, a 1960 State of Nevada Haggis Hunting License.
anyone else have experience of this word(s)?
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here in Vermont we call 'em a whumpahoofus...
formerly known as etaoin...
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Everything I know about the Sidehill Gouger I learned from an article in a scholarly journal:
Dill, L. M. Behavioural genetics of the sidehill gouger. J. Irrep. Res. 21(4): 20-21 (1975).
This article was reprinted in "The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results", George H. Scherr, Ed., Richard Liebmann-Smith, Ass. Ed., New York: Workman, 1983. The compendium was reprinted five times, the last in 1989, which volume is still available through a bibliopole whose name is reminiscent of ancient female warriors.
The article was rather naughty in that it raised the serious question of how Sidehill Gougers could mate, given their unequal footing. This is how to keep adolescent boys interested in basic science.
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I used to own one! A female. I called my Haggis Sophia.
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I called my Haggis Sophia.
Oh dear! Sometimes the short ones are the worst. That was a real Turkey!
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