Erstellt : Dienstag dem 10.11.98                         Erhalten am 20.11.98
von      : *Tony Pater{at}3:712/848* an *Claus Mueller*

Hallo Tony,

TP>>  a new behemoth to put it on .....
CM>>        ^^^^^^^^ my dictionaire is on strike here.....
TP>  Your dictionary might show 'hippopotamus' - general term for
TP>  largest and strongest animal.
It shows it as an animal called "Nilpferd".

TP> Taken from the Egyptian word p-eke-mau.
I do not hav no Egyptian dictionaire, but its interersting to know.

TP>  Colloquially it is to denote mammoth/arge beast.
So its used not only as a name but as a synonym.

TP>  Tue 10/11/1998  15:13:14
reached me 10 days later.


- mfg *Claus* -


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