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Topo = Mouse
by CppPro 3y ago
Topo = Mouse
- mocamoca 3y agoMaybe in an other language. But in French (and in this context) a "topo" is a summary or a synopsys. I guess it comes from "topographie", a sort of map.
- giuliomagnifico 3y agoOh thanks! Also in Italian topo means mouse.
- fsckboy 3y agoactually, in french mouse is souris (and bat is "shaved mouse", chauve souris) i think the french just know the italian word. i think there have been other celebrity topi, like Topo Gigio. i wrote a little script tool to explore/confirm my network topology, and i call it gigio :) it's based on testing ad hoc knowledge of my network topology so it's not generally useful.
- benterris 3y agoBat is actually "bald mouse", not "shaved", which makes sense somehow !
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- FoeNyx 3y agoThe etymology of "chauve" (bald) in "chauve-souris" (bat) is debated, but I've often read that it could be a deformation of a word designating an owl or a crow (it would be a cognate with the late Latin "cavannus" (tawny owl), for example). On a similar note, the "cerf" (deer) in "un cerf-volant" (a kite toy) probably derive from occitan sèrp (snake) as a reference to dragon-shaped kites from Asia.
- throw_pm23 3y agoInteresting, probably a cognate of latin serpens, also English serpent (=snake), the other is also from latin cervus (=deer).
- frostburg 3y agoSouris seems related to the Italian synonym / pejorative sorcio (for mouse) but I haven't checked.
- quickthrower2 3y agoBut it is “place” in Greek, funny that it is different
- userbinator 3y agoIn Italian. But in French, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/topo#Noun_3 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/topo#Noun_3 sketch/rundown/short report/rough outline seems more likely the meaning in context here.
- galaxyLogic 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topolino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topolino . Perhaps this is a connection to comics too.