David, you raise an interesting point. However, my wife reminds me that another reason to consider the use of the kangaroo is the popular story that the origin of the word, far from being the name of the animal, is the local dialect for "I don't know".
The OED notes this origin in passing, along with a disclaimer that there is no evidence to support it. Andrew On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 03:04:52PM +1300, David Scott wrote: > As to an animal mascot, I think a New Zealand mascot is a must, and > suggestions of Australian ones would not be warmly received by New > Zealanders. (To clarify, despite the address, I am Australian.) -- Andrew Robinson Ph: 208 885 7115 Department of Forest Resources Fa: 208 885 6226 University of Idaho E : [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 441133 W : http://www.uidaho.edu/~andrewr Moscow ID 83843 Or: http://www.biometrics.uidaho.edu No statement above necessarily represents my employer's opinion. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
