 Re: phonetics
The gist of it all is true. The theory goes that it was Captain James Cook who named the animal, and got the wrong word for the right animal (he 'baptized' the animal after the aboriginers' answer "I don't understand".) Other British explorers, landing at different points along the Australian coast, found the kangaroo called by different names altogether...
The word 'tatoo' is onomatopeic, as well. |