tyson Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I now have an Anas Acuda in my garage, but my dry-top hasn't been returned from Stohlquist yet. ...what to do? Thank you Peter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nystrom Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I now have an Anas Acuda in my garage, but my dry-top hasn't been returned from Stohlquist yet. ...what to do? Thank you Peter! That would be Anas "Acuta". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyson Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 That would be Anas "Acuta". Whoops! Sorry about that. ...and I knew that but missed the typo. Thanks! Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Whoops! Sorry about that. ...and I knew that but missed the typo. Thanks! Ty Anas acuta is the Latin name for the pintail (duck.) Loosely translated , it means "sharp-tailed duck". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Allen Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 so would that make the anas acuda a sharp tailed barracuda? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyson Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Anas acuta is the Latin name for the pintail (duck.) Loosely translated , it means "sharp-tailed duck". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anas_acuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEL Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I now have an Anas Acuda in my garage, but my dry-top hasn't been returned from Stohlquist yet. ...what to do? No guts, no Air Medal. Ed Lawson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pintail Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 So: did the Romans pronounce "anAs" the same as "anUs", I want to know? Can anyone recollect from one of their former lives? (See "More Lives Than One?" written some years ago by a BBC tv producer who made an interesting investigation of a hypnotherapist who claimed to have regressed subjects back into former incarnations -- fascinating book!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I would hate to be paddling Anus Acuta So: did the Romans pronounce "anAs" the same as "anUs", I want to know? Can anyone recollect from one of their former lives? (See "More Lives Than One?" written some years ago by a BBC tv producer who made an interesting investigation of a hypnotherapist who claimed to have regressed subjects back into former incarnations -- fascinating book!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPSheehan Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 It appears Valley is really for the Birds Anas Acuta - Northern Pintial duck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anas_acuta Pintail - Pintial duck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pintail Avocet - Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills (giving their scientific name Recurvirostra) which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocet Good thing they didn't come out with a kayak named Recurvirostra avosetta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 So: did the Romans pronounce "anAs" the same as "anUs", I want to know? Can anyone recollect from one of their former lives? (See "More Lives Than One?" written some years ago by a BBC tv producer who made an interesting investigation of a hypnotherapist who claimed to have regressed subjects back into former incarnations -- fascinating book!) Christopher, There is no connection between “Anas†" which, translated from Latin, means ‘duck†, and “anus†which , translated from Latin (nus , or "ring" circle") means the circular or ring-like like terminus to the digestive tract , or in other words: “anus.†“acuta : refers to “sharp†, Anas “refers to “duck.â€, not anus. If Anas meant "anus", the translation would be†sharp anus,†not "sharp duck". That wouldn't be quite right , would it? In any event, The Anas acuta is one sharp boat, or ,if I may, one sharp-ass boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEL Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 In any event, The Anas acuta is ..., one sharp-ass boat. Doing cowboy re-entires has on occasion impressed upon me, as it where, this characteristic. Ed Lawson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pintail Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <There is no connection between “Anas†" which, translated from Latin, means ‘duck†, and “anus†which , translated from Latin (nus , or "ring" circle") means the circular or ring-like like terminus to the digestive tract , or in other words: “anus.†> Oh, believe me, Peter: I knew that! Eight years of latin were not in vain -- the point was about pronunciation, since this is supposedly a "dead" lingo. Hence the bit about reincarnation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcosloy Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 <There is no connection between “Anas†" which, translated from Latin, means ‘duck†, and “anus†which , translated from Latin (nus , or "ring" circle") means the circular or ring-like like terminus to the digestive tract , or in other words: “anus.†> Oh, believe me, Peter: I knew that! Eight years of latin were not in vain -- the point was about pronunciation, since this is supposedly a "dead" lingo. Hence the bit about reincarnation... And then there was 1992, the year that the Queen described as her annus horribilis. Perhaps she suffers from hemorrhoids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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