Good ${greeting_time}, Maurice!

20 Feb 2016 07:38:10, you wrote to Holger Granholm:

 HG>> BTW, a moose (in amlish), is the same animal as an elk (in
 HG>> english).
 MK> That confuses me. It seems to me that in Swedish an alg is a moose.
 MK> Please see
 MK> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Moose_superior.jpg
 MK> for confirmation.

This animal is called "лось" in Russian, and is translated as a "moose".

 MK> As for an elk in North America here is a veru good example;
 MK> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/
 MK> Rocky_Mountain_Bull_Elk.jpg

And this animal is called "олень" (there are many species of them) and is
generally translated as a "deer".

 MK> Beats me what the Swedish call elks. As shown in the above pictures
 MK> they are not the same animal but are related. However they are
 MK> obviously different no matter what label is given to them.

I can't tell for Swedes (obviously), but here in Russia, when a moose suddenly
appears on a road just in front of a car, we call that "внезапно лось".


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