Chucking wood

[Marco Barlotti]

Shad:

> In English, there are several different words for Marmota monax,
> including 'woodchuck', 'groundhog', 'land beaver' and 'whistlepig'.  I
> wonder why Barks chose 'woodchuck'?

This I have never wondered. I always gave for granted that the term 
"woodchuck" should be the most familiar to English-speaking children 
because of the old riddle:


  How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?


     Marco


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