Not so, AndrewF. It means "wild", from the Latin "ferus". It
doesn't mean unendangered, unfortunately in some cases ;-).
Have a great time on your Great Journey.
Chris
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 26 May 2006, at 23:52, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> By definition, nothing feral is endangered.
> The place mentioned, Noosa heads, is a habitat where the once
> domesticated yuppie can return entirely to the wild, paying
> exorbitant prices to sip chai latte and eat precious little artworks
> in a quaintly restructured setting. They teem and breed there and its
> only redeeming feature is that it keeps them away from the rest of us
> and, mercifully, reduces their impact on the the rest of the
> environment.
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