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Re: [romanceconlang] Re: Duck, duck, goose. Oh, no, I got stork.

--- Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@hidden.email> wrote:
> Adam Walker wrote:
> > woodpecker --  pigu (which do doubt elicits peals
> of
> > idiotic laughter from little Chinese school
> children
> > leaning Carrajena)
> 
> Does "pigu" mean something funny in one of the
> Chinese languages?
> 

It means "hiney".  I'm not *certain* but I believe it
is a Mandarin word.  Sometimes these types of words
are Taiwanese even in the midst of a Mandarin
sentence.

Adam who is too lazy to look it up and be sure