Year of the muroid

Fafblog 2020-02-09

Summary:

Many people have asked me, should it really be the lunar new year of the rat?  Such a disgusting creature!  Or should it be the year of the mouse?  Although we do our best to trap them and otherwise keep them out of our living spaces, mice are much cuter than rats, and some people […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=46011

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

02/09/2020, 17:58

Date published:

02/09/2020, 10:00