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#1 2008-08-13 22:34:17

fishbait1
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"bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

My 11-year-old, who has a bit of asthma, was watching “Jurassic Park” and remarked with deep satisfaction “Oh, I love the bronchosaurus!” There are 252 g-hits, with only a very few obvious jokes or puns. Something to do with the bronto’s long neck, no doubt.

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#2 2008-08-14 07:29:21

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Re: "bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

Or, since all dinosaurs are supposed (especially by many children) to be fierce, violent beasts, “bronco”? (17k ghits on broncosaurus, but many are purposeful.) For most kids without asthma, broncho- is probably not on the radar screen.

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#3 2008-08-14 09:41:27

JonW719
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Re: "bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

I believe the Broncosaurus was most prevalent in Denver…


Feeling quite combobulated.

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#4 2008-08-14 12:38:38

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Re: "bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

I’ve read that primordial fast-food establishments were staffed largely by prontosauruses.

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#5 2008-08-19 10:36:20

rogerthat
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Re: "bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

That’s right, Jon. It even predates the NFL. Did you know that Denver’s annual National Western Stock Show has an intense rodeo competition where the professional cowboys often suffer broncosauras gladly?

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#6 2008-08-19 10:53:34

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Re: "bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

There is such a dinosaur as the brachiosaurus.

He was a sauropod (long-neck), as was the brontosaurus/apatosaurus.

You can tell him apart in drawings, though, because his nostrils were above his eyes, which created a sort of crest on the top of his head. And I don’t think they lived at the same time.

Of course, if you aren’t sort of “plugged in,” you might never have heard of the brachiosaurus.

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#7 2008-08-20 08:29:20

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Re: "bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

Toots – Lame puns aside, thank you for the very interesting tip. The “small world” syndrome hit me right in the eyeballs last night when I saw a cool animation of a brachiosaurus in a PBS documentary; “Planet Tales: Mystery of the Jurassic”. Looking in wiki to verify my video sighting, I noticed that there is some debate among paleontologists concerning the placement of the brachiosaurus’ nostrils. You might want to check out the wiki Brachiosaurus article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus . Fascinating stuff.

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#8 2008-08-20 17:21:53

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Re: "bronchosaurus" for "brontosaurus"

2001 was when that revised nostril positioning position was postulated; lots of websites and kids’ books haven’t updated. Thanks for that tip.

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