Ar 14:10 -0800 2000-07-10, scr�obh [email protected]:
>One definitely has to be careful with case here, e.g. "Francach"
>(Frenchman) is definitely not the same as a title-cased "francach" (rat) -
>the potential for diplomatic difficulties is enormous :-)
I thought that the words are the same. Maybe it's folk etymology, but I
heard the critter was known as "the French animal" hence its name.
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