To: bruinbirdman
An aside re: this animal that I (and many) had not been aware of: The name orangutan does not relate to the reddish-orange hue of the fur, but derives from the Malay term- orang, which means "man"...
6 posted on
04/15/2007 6:36:43 PM PDT by
mikrofon
(Etymology Moment)
To: mikrofon
but derives from the Malay term- orang, which means "man"... And thus the title of the book, A Clockwork Orange.
20 posted on
04/15/2007 6:49:29 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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