tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post9005450543376613665..comments2024-03-28T07:28:24.187+00:00Comments on Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Drunk elk gets stuck in apple treearbroathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03996975604444089064noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-51214335767210538662011-09-09T08:14:56.110+01:002011-09-09T08:14:56.110+01:00Yeah, from the word 'Moosu' in one native ...Yeah, from the word 'Moosu' in one native dialect. I can see the settlers opting to take Moosu over elk, seeing as they likely had native guides doing the hunting for them. It would have filtered into general usage and eventually replaced the original appellation...<br /><br />But why wouldn't 'wapiti' have done the same?The Rat Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-70956959356012470202011-09-09T07:06:56.322+01:002011-09-09T07:06:56.322+01:00Or maybe they simply called them both elk until it...Or maybe they simply called them both elk until it got too confusing and moose was taken into use. I seem to remember the word was borrowed from the Native Americans.Insolitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354419206006981620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-75741624688457254172011-09-09T05:22:33.802+01:002011-09-09T05:22:33.802+01:00That's what is says in Wikipedia, but that'...That's what is says in Wikipedia, but that's weird in itself; the North American elk (Wapiti,) is mainly on the western end of the continent; you'd think an explorer landing on the east side would have stumbled onto a moose before they found the wapiti. 3500+ kilometers of untamed wilderness to travel, and they missed a moose the whole way?<br /><br />Someone must have been spectacularly drunk to produce that big a fuckup.The Rat Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-79585235896229107992011-09-08T18:12:18.339+01:002011-09-08T18:12:18.339+01:00Well, one could speculate the early settlers of Am...Well, one could speculate the early settlers of America hadn't really have contact with European elk, since they mostly live in the north and east of the continent. In the New World, they named the first large deer they encountered elk, and when they then saw moose, it was too late to start calling them elk.Insolitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354419206006981620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-75875442001337900082011-09-08T18:11:15.819+01:002011-09-08T18:11:15.819+01:00A moose once bit my sister...A moose once bit my sister...kdub_nychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490512440164784869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-66818919800499868332011-09-08T17:39:28.780+01:002011-09-08T17:39:28.780+01:00Is it? Huh...
You'd think people over here w...Is it? Huh...<br /><br />You'd think people over here would have brought that habit along with them.The Rat Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-88052076878587729332011-09-08T17:32:18.857+01:002011-09-08T17:32:18.857+01:00The animal known as moose in the North America is ...The animal known as moose in the North America is called elk in Europe.Insolitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354419206006981620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-59102061025269923272011-09-08T13:35:11.053+01:002011-09-08T13:35:11.053+01:00The Swedish word for moose is elg, that is a moose...The Swedish word for moose is elg, that is a moose for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-60379919269166424612011-09-08T06:18:16.911+01:002011-09-08T06:18:16.911+01:00I'm pretty certain that's a moose, not an ...I'm pretty certain that's a moose, not an elk. Take a look at the nose.The Rat Kingnoreply@blogger.com