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Thread #82649 Message #1515451
Posted By: GUEST,Jack the Sailor
05-Jul-05 - 12:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Penguins stay gay in Germany
Subject: RE: BS: Penguins stay gay in Germany
The Great Auk lived on islands north of Newfoundland. In my quest for Newfoundlandia, I read that "penguin" did indeed first refer to the Great Auk and is a contraction of the phrase "pin wing".