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# That is truly.....
... dark and mysterious.
Someone was recently trying to persuade me that penguin meant 'white throat' in Welsh.... Can anyone confirm or deny....?
Edit : www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwordorigins/penguin
after a quick google.....
(, Sun 22 Jun 2003, 3:06, archived)
# i don't know about that, but in irish
dubh = dark
lihn = pool

ergo

dublin = black pool.
(, Sun 22 Jun 2003, 3:07, archived)
# it doesn't.
it definitely doesn't.
(, Sun 22 Jun 2003, 3:07, archived)