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I understand that there's some nuance between Queen's English and what we say here in the good ol us of a, but that there is a moose.

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These drunk elks are getting out of control.

Well, they are Swedish, after all!

And in ol' royal Sweden this лось is called älg : rein :

chumley wrote:I understand that there's some nuance between Queen's English and what we say here in the good ol us of a, but that there is a moose.

The Swedish word for moose is "alg", which is cognate with "elk". I don't know why the English decided to apply their "moose" word to wapiti, which then required them to adopt a Native American word to describe moose. (The closest thing to an elk in Scandinavia and Western Europe is the Red Deer). I learned all this while being told that I was eating elk meatballs, which of course were actually moose meatballs. They mix in a little beef, which they somewhat disturbingly translate as "flesh".

Yes, I'm fluent in Norwegian, which makes me at least 75% fluent in Swedish. The älg in Swedish is actually elg in Norwegian. The point I was trying to make really has nothing to do with the Swedish for moose. It has to do with Queen's English for moose, which is "Elk". The BBC has it right ... in England. But just because a BBC news article calls it an elk (correctly) doesn't mean that we on Haz should call it by it's British name. In North American English, the animal pictured is a moose. In British English it's called an elk.

Apparently, it's most confusing for Australians who use elk and moose interchangeably. I believe there are a small number of what we call elk in Australia, but no moose.

As for disturbing Swedish translations, one of my favorites is one that takes advantage of the word for "bone" being the same as the word for "legs". It was always a little uncomfortable when over a good pork chop dinner mom and dad repeated the saying that translates to "the best meat is between the bones". (replace the same-meaning word from above and then picture your parents saying it while you're trying to eat dinner )

However, there are moose in New Zealand. Allegedly.

I think the more important question to HAZers is to find out if the apple orchard at Reavis Ranch also produces fermented drunkifying apples in autumn. Think of how much pack weight could be saved if the alcohol is already there!

chumley wrote:It has to do with Queen's English for moose, which is "Elk".

Oh yes, I agree completely. When we wasted our moose word on wapiti, we had to get a new one, which we took from the Native Americans. I don't know why we didn't just take wapiti and keep using elk for moose.

Edit: On a side note, I saw my first moose in Sweden without even trying after years of no luck in Maine, Colorado, Minnesota, or Canada. I finally saw one in Colorado a few years later.

The word moose is an amusing word lending itself to funning around, such as using "meese" for a plural. And it rhymes with a lot of other words. I'm glad we have that word.

My first moose-sightings were in Norway. I've seen them in the woods, hanging in the basement at my grandparents farm, and beautifully displayed over the mantle of my uncle's house.

I've also seen one in Colorado laying in the snow on a -20 degree morning.

A group of moose is called moosen.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxenUzZPFiQ

chumley wrote:My first moose-sightings were in Norway. I've seen them in the woods, hanging in the basement at my grandparents farm, and beautifully displayed over the mantle of my uncle's house.

I've also seen one in Colorado laying in the snow on a -20 degree morning.

The only moose I've seen was taking a nap by the road...

Saw one up on the Wasatch Plateau when I was working out of Price. Probably the last moose I've seen.

Never seen a moose, but have seen hundreds of (American-type) elk when I used to work in the woods south of Bellemont ...

Alright, the animal in the picture is a moose. Call it an elk in Sweden or England or whatever. The few encounters (twice) that I've had with elk, moose, mooses, moosen or meese, have been ever so brief (usually with me running and the other way and the ... whatever you want to call it chasing me), I really don't care.
NOTE: Moose in Idaho are not nice creatures, but they do taste good.

saw a moose on t.v. once. he had a squirrel friend. good enough for me, brother.

te-wa wrote:saw a moose on t.v. once. he had a squirrel friend. good enough for me, brother.

Bullwinkle and Rocky????