re: HI cars and guppies

[dsedon@domain.elided]

hi charlie,

guppies are live-bearers...

doug s.

   Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 19:54:21 EDT
   From: Pottree@domain.elided
   Subject: HI cars and guppies

   In a message dated 10/01/2001 5:08:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
   owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


   > guppy : pesciolino delle Barbados (Lebistes reticulatus) are those the
   > little fish my kids use to have when they were little?
   > pregnant: 1) (di donna) incinta; gravida  2 (di bestia) gravida; pregna
   > etc, etc.
   > From Harrap's Italian Diccionary.

   Great to hear the report of all the auto excitement generated by Big    Money in 
   HI.  But for everyday use in stop-and-go commuting I think a wonderful    Super 
   would be unhappy if not insulted.

   Isn't a guppy a fresh water fish?  And don't fish lay eggs?  I know a rare 
   few give birth to live young, but I think only those could be classed as 
   pregnant.  The rest would be ready to lay eggs.  I bet unless you could 
   prepare them in a tasty garlic, basil, and olive oil pesto there would be no 
   standard way to refer to a "pregnant" fish in Italian as it is a non sequitor

   Italians, prove me wrong!

   Charlie
   LA, CA, USA.  


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