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From: Qun-Ying <zhu.qunying@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:57:43 -0800
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These looks quite cute

http://www.clipartof.com/gallery/clipart/aardvark.html

Brad Moore wrote:
> On 2014-11-14 10:15 AM, Brad Moore wrote:
>> I wouldn't be
>> surprised if Ada is a name that people commonly give to their Aardvarks.
>
> Apparently there is some truth to this.
>
>     http://www.africananimalworld.com/abc-book.html
>
> Not to mention page 136 of John Barne's book, Ada 2012, where he uses an
> Aardvark in his example.
>
> It is also interesting that Aardvark habitat in the wild apparently
> includes an area that includes the village "Ada" in Northern Ghana.
>
> http://gh.worldmapz.com/2295.htm
>
> Though I know there is at least one Aardvark with a different name.
> Apparently there is one called Ethel, who liked to go Quantity Surveying.
>
>