Dapper Drake and Bird Flu

[Anders Karlsson]

On 3/15/06, W.M. den Haan <ubuntusounder at wouter.mijnemailadres.nl> wrote:
> > On wo, 2006-03-15 at 11:12 +0100, Jean Privat wrote:
> > > I want to focus your attention on a small communication point.
> > > I'm not sure that releasing a product named "Drake" is a good idea in
> > > a H5 bird flu context.
> >
> > Good thing that a drake is not a duck but a dragon
>
> Is it? Meriam-Webster describes it as follows:
>
> Main Entry: drake
> Pronunciation: 'drAk
> Function: noun
> Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old High German antrahho drake
> : a male duck
>
> So, a duck it is..

You never played ZAngband or Moria I take it. When you encounter an
"Ethereal Drake" you are unlikely to hear it quacking...

Drake is another word for dragon, albeit not that commonly used. As a
sidenote, "drake" is the swedish word for "dragon".



--
Anders Karlsson <trudheim at gmail.com>