HI cars and guppies

[Pottree@domain.elided]

In a message dated 10/01/2001 5:08:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> guppy : pesciolino delle Barbados (Lebistes reticulatus) are those the
> little fish my kids use to have when they were little?
> pregnant: 1) (di donna) incinta; gravida  2 (di bestia) gravida; pregna
> etc, etc.
> From Harrap's Italian Diccionary.

Great to hear the report of all the auto excitement generated by Big Money in 
HI.  But for everyday use in stop-and-go commuting I think a wonderful Super 
would be unhappy if not insulted.

Isn't a guppy a fresh water fish?  And don't fish lay eggs?  I know a rare 
few give birth to live young, but I think only those could be classed as 
pregnant.  The rest would be ready to lay eggs.  I bet unless you could 
prepare them in a tasty garlic, basil, and olive oil pesto there would be no 
standard way to refer to a "pregnant" fish in Italian as it is a non sequitor

Italians, prove me wrong!

Charlie
LA, CA, USA.  

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