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> From: <A href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu">sboozer@uchicago.edu</A><BR>
<BR>> > {cha'naS} - a small bird which digs up bugs to eat<BR>> <BR>> 1. National Audubon Society? (NAS)<BR>> 2. *nasnas* ("Another variety of Nasnas, having the wings of a bat, inhabits the island of Raij (perhaps Borneo) at the edge of the China seas." (<A href="http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_nasnas.html">http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_nasnas.html</A>)?<BR><BR>
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3. The yiddish word "nash" (usually written "nosh" in English) means to nibble or snack.<BR>
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This is my favorite theory, though I admit I've never heard it doubled.<BR>
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