This reminds me of the story of the Brazilian aardvark http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-a-raccoon-became-an-aardvark http://www.newyorker.com/tech/ele

This reminds me of the story of the Brazilian aardvark http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-a-raccoon-became-an-aardvark http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-a-raccoon-became-... It is a nice reminder that the things we think of as "official" were once made up by someone. Indeed, that is all language and culture is! We just happen to agree upon them.