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Discussion Groups / English Usage / March 2009Word from Wizard of Oz
There were some horse like creatures, with a name that may have started with "hou", which I can't remember. I think it may have been onomatopoeic, intended to sound like a whinny. Google is not helping me. It's bugging me because someone titled their post in another group "homonym-nihon". > There were some horse like creatures, with a name that may have > started with "hou", which I can't remember. I think it may have been [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > It's bugging me because someone titled their post in another group > "homonym-nihon". Look up "Gulliver's Travels" (there's a Wikipedia article on it, for example).: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels#Part_IV:_A_Voyage_to_the_Count ry_of_the_Houyhnhnms> <http://tinyurl.com/zelqy> Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms  SignatureLes (BrE) > > There were some horse like creatures, with a name that may have > > started with "hou", which I can't remember. I think it may have been [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Look up "Gulliver's Travels" (there's a Wikipedia article on it, for > example).: Thanks. I don't know why I was thinking of the Wizard of Oz. > There were some horse like creatures, with a name that may have > started with "hou", which I can't remember. I think it may have been [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > It's bugging me because someone titled their post in another group > "homonym-nihon". Houyhnhnms - these are the intelligent horses met by Gulliver on his Travels. I don't remember them in Oz though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houyhnhnm SignatureDavid >> There were some horse like creatures, horse-like! >> with a name that may have started with "hou", which >> I can't remember. I think it may have been onomatopoeic, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houyhnhnm Ride. Neigh, there aren't any Houyhnhnms in _The Wizard of Oz_. Signature~~~ Reinhold [Rey] Aman ~~~ > Neigh, there aren't any Houyhnhnms in _The Wizard of Oz_. Correct. There are, however, Kalidahs. (Kalidah is capitalized because that's the way Baum spelled it. The Kalidahs are fearsome beasts with the bodies of bears and the heads of tigers. I happen to be up on Kalidahs because I just read that chapter to the grandsons yesterday.) SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email >There were some horse like creatures, with a name that may have >started with "hou", which I can't remember. I think it may have been [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >It's bugging me because someone titled their post in another group >"homonym-nihon". Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels". The Houyhnhnms. Horses who derided the Yahoos (humans). Signature************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * Dave Hatunen: > Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels". The Houyhnhnms. Horses who > derided the Yahoos (humans). That means they wouldn't let the yahoos ride them? :-) SignatureMark Brader diagnostic: n. Someone who's not sure Toronto about science and evolution, either. msb@vex.net --Steve Summit >Dave Hatunen: >> Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels". The Houyhnhnms. Horses who >> derided the Yahoos (humans). > >That means they wouldn't let the yahoos ride them? :-) Damn. Now I'm going to have to read it again... Signature************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * > There were some horse like creatures, with a name that may have > started with "hou", which I can't remember. I think it may have been > onomatopoeic, intended to sound like a whinny. Google is not helping > me. It is not the _Wonderful Wizard of Oz_ (or any of the other 13 Oz books by Baum) that has these creatures. It is the fourth voyage in Jonathan Swift's _Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World_ (Gulliver's Travels), which is recounted in "A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms". >There were some horse like creatures, with a name that may have >started with "hou", which I can't remember. I think it may have been [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >It's bugging me because someone titled their post in another group >"homonym-nihon". Sounds more like "Gulliver's travels". SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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