Re: Hamsters

From: Tim Ellis <tim_at_gxRBU1TyLDlUYFtbqA2K6nA79RNykGg_-2V9ptJehb7Fx_l-Z8qsAbyZTo1hfkNbd_Z2WUqL>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:29:02 -0000

• In ImmoderateHeroQuest_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jane Williams" <janewilliams20_at_y...> wrote:
  > while "ise" is the
  > French version which comes from the Latin "izare". I wonder why the
  > French changed the Z to an S...?
  

So no one would mistake them for Americans? (must be the French-  behind it I guess)