Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!AQWkWODoQRN61hV70m7Hhg.user.46.165.242.75.POSTED!not-for-mail From: joye Newsgroups: fr.lettres.langue.anglaise Subject: Re: [HC] Re: Splooting Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:07:22 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gioia.aioe.org; logging-data="39647"; posting-host="AQWkWODoQRN61hV70m7Hhg.user.gioia.aioe.org"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@aioe.org"; User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.12.0 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1958 Lines: 26 On 8/14/2022 11:25 AM, Sh.Mandrake wrote: > Le 13/08/2022 à 23:43, joye a écrit : >> § >> >> A tweet by the parks agency earlier this week went viral online, >> confusing and delighting people in equal measure, after it advised: “If >> you see a squirrel lying down like this, don’t worry; it’s just fine.” >> It added that “on hot days, squirrels keep cool by splooting (stretching >> out) on cool surfaces to reduce body heat. It is sometimes referred to >> as heat dumping.” >> >> That sparked a rush of queries about what splooting means. But the word, >> of unknown origin, has been swirling around the internet for some time, >> popular among pet owners delighted at the sight of their dog or cat >> stretching out their hind legs in an amusing posture. >> >> § > > L'anglais est devenu tellement plus créatif que le français ! > > [...] > > [Tentative de diapublication sur fr.lettres.langue.anglaise] Euh, Magico, j'ai publié le texte sur flla.