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Wednesday Rhino Blogging

Splendid news, over here.

In other rhino-related non-news, if you consult leading Anglo-dictionaries about the plural of the word “rhinoceros”, you will be able to take your pick from “rhinocoeros”, “rhinoceroses”, “rhinocerotes”, “rhinoceroes”, “rhinocero’s”, “rhinoceri”, “rhinocerons” or “rhinocerontes”. I think this is very fine.

UPDATE [29.1.2007]: See the baby rhino (58kg) walking around over at the BBC.

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4 Comments


  1. Sarah says:

    I don’t think “rhinocero’s” is fine at all…

    ↓ Quote | Posted 25 January, 2007, 7:51 am

  2. Nick Brooke says:

    “Easyboy” and “Lulu”? Hmm…

    ↓ Quote | Posted 25 January, 2007, 9:56 am

  3. Lorna says:

    This is driving me crazy, and has been for days. I’m sure I remember reading a poem – possibly aimed at kids, possibly in a collection of nonsense verse – full of plurals of rhinoceros. Something in the back of my head’s saying “Michael Rosen”, but I wouldn’t bet on that being right. Google isn’t helping, either.

    ↓ Quote | Posted 28 January, 2007, 12:21 am

  4. Lorna says:

    Or possibly Roger McGough. But I think that’s just because pretty much all the poetry I read when I was a kid was by those two.

    ↓ Quote | Posted 28 January, 2007, 12:21 am

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