[OT] Seeking Minimal Python Project Name
Alex K. Angelopoulos
aka at mvps.org
Mon Jan 13 16:05:29 EST 2003
Ah. And "Peruvian Boomslang" would be way too long and obscure. :)
It sounds like Agatha Christie knew what she was talking about.
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"Pieter Nagel" <pnagel at nagel.co.za> wrote in message
news:3E23270C.7020703 at nagel.co.za...
> 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.
LOL!
> - The name has already been taken by a manufacturer of a gamers' mouse.
You're right - I forgot about the hardware!
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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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