Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Turkeysare so called (despite the fact that they came to Europe from America) because at the time of their arrival from the New World, there were a lot of other game birds were arriving from the near/middle east (partridges or something). People got confused and called Turkeys "Turkeys" because it was a word for the East in general.
In French the same mistake happened except they used "India" as their word for the East so they call a turkey a "dinde" which is a contraction of "d'Inde" which means "from India"
Also there are no turkeys in Turkey
*legs it*
I get the feeling this is going to be a long week.
(, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 10:59, Reply)
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