Making a Fuss: Part 1
Friday, June 6th, 2008
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Here’s a quiz for you. If you combine a horse and an insect, what do you get?
A fly on a horse?
Flies
Photo credit: Erin Tyner
A fly’s view of a horse?
View of an Approaching Fly
Photo credit: Bill Adams, HawaiiToday.com
A horsefly?
Horsefly
Photo credit: Mike Keeling
Actually, it’s none of those. I was just playing with you. Horsing around, you could say. OK, let me rephrase the question and give you slightly more legitimate choices. If you combine a horse and an insect, what new animal do you get?
1. a bird
2. a wolf
3. a rabbit
4. a cow
With most quizzes, I give the instant gratification of an answer. This time, you’ll have to wait a bit, while I assemble the various components of an explanation.
For now, I can show you how a horse (馬) and an insect (虫) mate, producing the following kanji:
騒 (SŌ, sawa(gu): clamor, noise, disturbance; to make a fuss)
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