Re: Spanish

[Eduardo Mosteiro]

A marmota is a marmot.  They live in high altitudes, like Pikes Peak.  The
Spanish-speaking person with whom I was corresponding earlier this year
referred to gerbils as "gerbiles."  My best guess is that this person is
from Uruguay.  I don't know any Central or South American Spanish speakers
who have hamsters, so I couldn't say with regard to them, but I bet they are
hamsters, with an accent over the "a", just as was stated earlier.

Tessie Mosteiro