Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/30

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Subject: [Leica] Friday Elk
From: dlridings at gmail.com (dlridings@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 30 08:28:39 2005
References: <a2f8f44705093006171f9e4d1e@mail.gmail.com> <20050930132812.78819.qmail@web53709.mail.yahoo.com> <ingqj1dr6lclnqoja6lavjmg5mviagd87t@4ax.com>

Yeah, I don't really know what an elk is. Etymologically "elg/?lg" and
"elk" are probably the same word, but that doesn't mean the animal is
the same :-)

Daniel

On 9/30/05, Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote:
> Bill:
>
> >That looks like a Moose to me.
>
> I found out about that when I was learning more about our late Norwegian
> Elkhound:
>
> http://canid.com/pets/skye.html
>
> >From what I remember, they're called Elghunds in Norway.  They are used to
> hunt "elk" aka moose and bear.  Elg = moose.  What they call an elk, we 
> call
> a moose.
>
> --
> Eric
> http://canid.com/
>
>
>
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> Eric
> http://canid.com/
>
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