Héhé, funny those different cultural associations, the first thought that crossed my mind was La Fontaine's Le Renard et la Cigogne (http://environnement.ecoles.free.fr/Le%20renard%20et%20la%20cigogne.htm).
it's funny how in russian the fox is female, and the stork is male, as well as the corresponding nouns -- lissa (fox) - feminine gender, aist (stork) -- masculine gender.
That is quite amusing indeed, if not scarry, how such liguistic considerations can model our perception.
Man, the fox is awfully boyish and the stork is definitely feminine, you silly russianZ kozatchok (http://www.podillya.narod.ru/repertof.html) dancerZ ! Are you out of your mind !
(Though i admit one looking at a stork in a freudian manner can obviously see a big penis there)
cultural differences aside, you must have some loose screws in your head, if you find this feminine sister foxy boyish:
we have 'lis' (masculine gender) in some translated contes, but not in contes populaires. btw, in russian version of the tale there is a crane (zhuravl', also masculine gender), not a stork
speaking about kozatchok, can you lilly ass leather coach loafers do this:
Big bird! There are no birds that big around here. The biggest birds we get are this big *holds up hands a short distance apart from eachother* That a stork?
Ha! Where, exactly, do they live? Washington>America is a big state, and contains many animals I've never seen. I certainly don't see a bunch of sand hill cranes ambling around when I'm out feeding the ducks. :p :)
They are fresh water fish eaters... They like to stay in the bull rushes and away from people. But they are there. You can find then all throughout the state. Including Olympia. You guys also have the Brown Pelican, that thing tops out at near 54" tall... But I was just saying... We have then Here in Minnesota too...
Well I am not sure how much of an expert of taxonomy I am, However, birds and wildlife in general really interested me when I was a kid. And I guess that interst never went away...
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Date: 2005-03-13 09:35 pm (UTC)http://bugpowder.com/andy/k.robinson.heath_lubin.html
(Your bird brought back thoughts from my childhood;)
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Date: 2005-03-13 11:51 pm (UTC)the first thought that crossed my mind was
La Fontaine's Le Renard et la Cigogne (http://environnement.ecoles.free.fr/Le%20renard%20et%20la%20cigogne.htm).
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Date: 2005-03-14 04:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-14 07:57 am (UTC)sly bitch!
it's funny how in russian the fox is female, and the stork is male, as well as the corresponding nouns -- lissa (fox) - feminine gender, aist (stork) -- masculine gender.
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Date: 2005-03-15 01:11 am (UTC)how such liguistic considerations
can model our perception.
Man, the fox is awfully boyish
and the stork is definitely feminine,
you silly russianZ kozatchok (http://www.podillya.narod.ru/repertof.html) dancerZ !
Are you out of your mind !
(Though i admit one looking at a stork in a freudian
manner can obviously see a big penis there)
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Date: 2005-03-15 07:25 am (UTC)we have 'lis' (masculine gender) in some translated contes, but not in contes populaires.
btw, in russian version of the tale there is a crane (zhuravl', also masculine gender), not a stork
speaking about kozatchok, can you lilly ass leather coach loafers do this:
eh-he-he, and i can
*under the shock*
Date: 2005-03-15 07:41 am (UTC)a transexual fox,
that is just bad !
Re: *under the shock*
Date: 2005-03-15 07:47 am (UTC)Re: *under the shock*
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Date: 2005-03-14 05:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-14 06:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-14 05:30 pm (UTC)Birds are great, but to approch one is often risky. They get too scared too easy.
Birds...
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