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Language Log » My illiterate search for the Sicilian animals (2)

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Language Log » My illiterate search for the Sicilian animals (1)

The great naturalist Sir David Attenborough, on Radio 4, mentioned a curious-sounding class of animals that he appeared to be calling Sicilians. I listened carefully; it definitely sounded like “Sicilians”