September 11, 2003

Random question for Roy

... or anyone else who speaks French.

What's the French word for skunk?

I can't find it in any on-line French dictionaries and mine is at home. (No comments on that one from the Peanut gallery thanks.)

Posted by Katy at September 11, 2003 03:34 PM
Comments

Pepe Le Peu

duh, even I knew that.

Posted by: John at September 11, 2003 03:37 PM


maybe its Le Pew. I dunno.
Suck it Trebek.

Posted by: John at September 11, 2003 03:41 PM


Mouffette. I used the fish, as the geeks call it. (5 points to whomever identifies why it's called the Babelfish)

Posted by: Rick at September 11, 2003 03:45 PM


For the Biblical Babel... and the creation of languages?

Thanks to you both. (Very helpful John.) ;o)

Posted by: Katy at September 11, 2003 03:47 PM


Yup... tower of Babel and all that. I was going to dole out a whopping 50 geek points to anyone who points out that it's actually a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (to which the author originally coined 'Babelfish' as a reference to the tower of Babel), but that's just too nerdy.

Posted by: Rick at September 11, 2003 03:51 PM


Damn it. You didn't give me a chance to answer. I could have even gotten into the theory of how it all works, digesting telepatchic energy and all that. I guess I'm just being penalized for being out west, and having a job where I actually have to work instead of browsing the internet all day.

Posted by: Fatboy at September 11, 2003 06:45 PM


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