Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: dromedaries

OK, this sounds really stupid, but "dromedary" is the English for 
"dromedario", right?  I know it's on the dictionary, but do people know, 
at least in the US, that such animal exists?
[I'll save the story for another time!]
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

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You mean camels? :)
They're all camels to me. One hump or two: a camel is a camel.
Of course we all know the word dromedary and what it refers to:
A highfalutin, pretentious camel with an overactive ego.
PS: "...in (not 'on') the dictionary." I think you know this, and maybe it 
was just because the I and the O are next to each other on the keyboard, but 
in case someone reading doesn't know... 
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Joey from NY
Remember: It is To Laugh

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"Camel" is both "dromedario" and "cammello", but if you want to be specific:
Cammello -> Bactrian Camel 
Dromedario -> Dromedary Camel 
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 in case someone reading doesn't know...
Damn it!
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 Dromedario ->  Dromedary Camel
Oh ok, thanks!
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 at least in the US, that such animal exists?
In the UK I'd say most people don't know what a dromedary is.
If they had to name the animal, they'd probably call it "one-humped camel".

 "one-humped camel".
I think the same is true for most of Italians.
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"Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer."
                -- Voltaire

 I think the same is true for most of Italians.
Beh, adesso... da me sembrava una cosa abbastanza consolidata gia' dalle 
elementari.
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 
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"Follow the money"

 
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http://www.etimo.it/?term=dromedario&find=Cerca

 attitudine alla corsa di questi piccoli cammelli.
And yet Wikipedia (not terribly reliable in all cases) and M-W, etc. say:
"The Dromedary has one hump on its back, in contrast to the Bactrian camel 
which has two."
Like I said earlier, they're all camels to me. :) Even the cigarettes.
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 at least in the US, that such animal exists?
I am aware of both "camel" and "dromedary", and think I have been so
since at least junior school.

 since at least junior school.
That's a relief.
:)
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

 That's a relief.
That same night, I also learned that the purpose of a window screen is 
to prevent children from falling off.
Hmm...
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

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Window screen or window guard? They're not the same thing.
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 Window screen or window guard? They're not the same thing.
There you go. She meant "guard", but said "screen". That's the alcohol 
working. :)
Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.

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Hang onto her. She's a keeper! :)
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 Like I said earlier, they're all camels to me. :) Even the cigarettes.
According to the wiki thing,  even the llama.
"The term camel, (from the Hebrew גמל, ǧml, derived from the 
triconsonantal root signifying "beauty"), is also used more broadly to 
describe any of the six camel-like creatures in the family Camelidae: 
the two true camels, and the four South American camelids: the llama, 
alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel

On Apr 14, 8:20 pm, Enrico il Pentolaio
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There is a company in the US which sells dates under the name
"Dromedary Dates". The symbol on the package used to be a dromedary,
but now they seem to have gotten away from using the dromedary as
their symbol. People who cook with dates are probably familiar with
"dromedary" for this reason.
On their old packaging they featured a picture of a dromedary.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/220778408340?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar
On their current packaging they no longer use the dromedary graphic.
http://tinyurl.com/3g2jacs