Posted on 08/01/2012 9:56:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Who lives down in deepest darkest Africa?
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Third pic is head explosion cuteness overload.
If Lejon means “lion” in Swedish, what does “Wurms” mean in English?
HORRORS!!! Don’t they know the TERRIBLE DANGER that poor little lion cub is in? That dog is a PIT BULL! No poor little lion cub should ever be placed in the terrible danger of being caged with such a FEROCIOUS, DANGEROUS DOG.
The zookeeper’s name “Wurms” has the same root as the English “warm.” It’s also a variation of the German city name “Worms,” (pronounced “vorms”), named for the Worm river fed by warm springs....and of course having nothing to do with our word worm.
Actually, our word “vermin” comes from the German word for worms, which would be a maggot or caterpillar.
... WOOF!
The German word Wurm means “worm”, however. I always liked the phrase, “The Diet of Worms”. Just not gastronomically.
Anyway, it’s a cute dog and a cute cub.
What it looks like.
I know that Luther defied the Catholic Church on some important matters, and they made him go on a Diet of Worms.
The English word “vermin” comes from the Latin word “vermis”, meaning animal pest or worm, through the French word “vermine”. The English word “worm” and the German word “Wurm” mean the same thing and they share a common proto-Germanic root. Latin vermis and English worm derive from a common Indo-European root.
http://www.myetymology.com/english/worm.html
http://www.myetymology.com/english/vermin.html
Ahhhh, that’s cute. Until the kitty gets big and hungry.
And there is a wonderful weight loss program that originates in that city!
It is favored by Lutherans.
You may have heard of it...the Diet of Worms. :-)
So cute!
My friend recently adopted a pair of “Havamalts” — cross bred Havanese/Maltese puppies. These balls of fluff are hardly any bigger than her slipper! They share a household with a giant GSD and a couple of VERY LARGE cats. The bigger animals are very patient with the pups and play with them endlessly, despite their little puppy nips.
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