It's a joke, I think. Searching for something that contains BAS, from Basic. Why an animal I don't know. Benoit likes to eat prawns, I soppouse...
😁😁😁 Best Regards 2017-07-13 8:37 GMT+02:00 Fernando Cabral <fernandojosecab...@gmail.com>: > *Warning: this is only a linguistic curiosity with no relation to Gambas, > the language.* > > Entirely by chance, I came across the following definition and etymology > for gambas, the word: > > > > > > > > > > > *From Petit Robert 2007: gambasgambas [gɑ̃bas] nom féminin plurielétym. > répandu v. 1960; catalan gamba, du latin populaire cambarus, classique > cammarus, du grec kammarosv■ Grosses crevettes comestibles de la > Méditerranée. Gambas frites (è scampi), grillées. Brochette de gambas.▫ > Rare Une gamba [gɑ̃ba].* > In Brazil, I never heard the word gamba. I never found it in written text. > Nevertheless, at least one Brazilian dictionary registers it as a Spanish > word only recently introduced into Portuguese. So, perhaps it is used in > Portugal. > > Anyway, it is interesting to know that, in the end, it comes from Greek > "kammaros" that gave us the Portuguese "camarão" and the Italian > "gamberetto". Nevertheless, at the first sight, it is hard to see that > "gamba" and "camarão" come from the same Greek word. > > -- > Fernando Cabral > Blogue: http://fernandocabral.org > Twitter: http://twitter.com/fjcabral > e-mail: fernandojosecab...@gmail.com > Facebook: f...@fcabral.com.br > Telegram: +55 (37) 99988-8868 > Wickr ID: fernandocabral > WhatsApp: +55 (37) 99988-8868 > Skype: fernandojosecabral > Telefone fixo: +55 (37) 3521-2183 > Telefone celular: +55 (37) 99988-8868 > > Enquanto houver no mundo uma só pessoa sem casa ou sem alimentos, > nenhum político ou cientista poderá se gabar de nada. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
