Re: Hoof (was: to buy)

> On another thread (Alex at 20440) "little bride" for "ferret" is
> certainly secondary. I've seen somewhere a list of cultures
> (including French dialects as I remember) where ferrets are seen as
> slinky and feminine and given names accordingly.

Or vice versa. And the place you've seen it might be cybalist, since
the matter was discussed here at length.
(Da. 'brud' "bride", 'brud' "ferret" (or similar, Joãa corrected me).

Torsten