25 Jul
2022
25 Jul
'22
3:47 p.m.
Dan Cross [25/07/2022 02.33]:
`akw` seems like the most promising alternative, for
no other reason than that the initials are alphabetized.
`kaw` feels a bit silly, sounding like the noise that a
crow makes.
I suspect "awk" was the closest to pronounceable
without seeming unduly goofy.
Whether a crow cries "kaw" or "awk" is open to discussion...in
Norwegian, it says "kra".
I have always thought the name was a play on the bird "auk". The Book
even has a picture of this creature on the cover.
--
Hilsen Harald