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More pork, please

Coming from a vegetarian, that's a bit rich. But I want more pork, or to be precise morepork. Sometimes you come across a word in the dictionary that you just can't take your eyes off. The image is of a morepork owl, native to New Zealand and a protected bird of prey. You'll also be interested to know that they eat hairy huhu beetles. One day I hope to play "morepork" and "huhu" in Scrabble. They are both legal. Failing that, if I don't have eight letters, I could try "mopoke", an alternative spelling.
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wncommuter said…
Just came across your blog so apologies that this comment relates to a post some time ago.

You might be interested to know that the Maori name for the morepork is ruru, another valid word maybe you should go for that one in the same game :-)
22 September 2008 at 02:12
Hunchermuncher said…
Thanks - I'll give it a try!
24 October 2008 at 08:51
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