----- Original Message ----- From: "Antti-Pekka Virjonen" Subject: Re: Re: Puking Euphemisms (WAS: please comment)
> At 16:05 14.8.2003 +0300, you wrote: > >On Friday last there was one (Moose) lurking around our garden. It stayed > >for several hours. > > I believe the real "hirvi" (the big one) in Finland is actually called "elk" in European > English and "moose" in US. Once again a point of confusion... In North America, elk are a mid sized ruminant. Moose are like Sherman tanks. William Robb
