Quoting Jeff <jakyer_at_...>:
>> But does everyone know that the American moose = English elk?
>> I believe that is the formula.
>
> I do not believe that is the case. I spent many years up in in the sub-
> arctic working as a field geologist and I am pretty sure that Elk =/=
> Moose =/= Caribou. And all of those have, at one time or another,
> shown up in camp trying to eat our laundry (mmm salty).
>
> Or maybe I am missing the point here?
Missed the point.
Those three certainly are different creatures.
But what American call a moose (Alces alces) is called, by the
English, an Elk.
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