[OT] Seeking Minimal Python Project Name
Pieter Nagel
pnagel at nagel.co.za
Mon Jan 13 15:52:28 EST 2003
Alex K. Angelopoulos wrote:
> Boomslang.
>
> I know, there's no such thing...
There is.
http://www.sun.ac.za/forlang/snakes/boomslang.html
"Boomslang" is Afrikaans for "tree snake", although a more correct
contextual translation would be "that South African tree snake species
which was first named in Afrikans".[1]
Three problems with the name:
- The Boomslang is not particularly small.
- Its' favourite food is Chameleons, not Camels.
- The name has already been taken by a manufacturer of a gamers' mouse.
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[1] That would make Stephen King's "Peruvian boomslang" a very unlikely
beast, since the Peruvians presumably would christen their treesnakes
themselves. The South African government vociferously denies the
existence of the controversial Peruvian Snake-Naming Experts Exchange
Program.
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