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Llamas
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 10:59 am
by shpalman
Re: Llamas
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 12:13 pm
by Martin Y
Well now we're just going to create a race of Llamamen. And then where will we be? Earwormed by that Steve Wright in the Afternoon jingle off of the '90s:
"Llamaman, llamaman
Does whatever a llama can
He can bleat, he can trot
Has whatever a llama's got..."
Re: Llamas
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 12:25 pm
by veravista
Ha! But she's Belgian! An EU Llama, oh the ignominy.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 12:46 pm
by AMS
Camelid family domain antibodies are a well known thing in the biotech world. But we don't need to bleed millions of llamas - gene sequencing and GMP recombinant protein manufacture are mature technologies.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 5:20 pm
by Little waster
Martin Y wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 12:13 pm
Well now we're just going to create a race of Llamamen. And then where will we be? Earwormed by that Steve Wright in the Afternoon jingle off of the '90s:
"Llamaman, llamaman
Does whatever a llama can
He can bleat, he can trot
Has whatever a llama's got..."
Alpaca your coat, it’s time for you to go!
Re: Llamas
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 6:36 pm
by Herainestold
As long as its llamas they are going to bleed and not lamas.
The one L lama, he's a priest
The two L llama, he's a beast
And I will bet my silk pyjama
There isn't any three L lllama.
-- O. Nash
Re: Llamas
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 11:00 pm
by bolo
Isn't Llamaman a place in Wales?
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 2:27 pm
by Bird on a Fire
Herainestold wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 6:36 pm
As long as its llamas they are going to bleed and not lamas.
The one L lama, he's a priest
The two L llama, he's a beast
And I will bet my silk pyjama
There isn't any three L lllama.
-- O. Nash
The original pronunciation of the two L llama would be more faithfully rendered as 'yama' in English, as it comes from a Quechuan word via Spanish (and AIUI the two languages roughly share spelling conventions).
So we could solve the problem by de-Anglicising the pronunciation or fixing the spelling.
Alternatively, the scientific name is
Lama glama, so we could use Lama (with appropriate capitalization), as the priestly kind is only capitalised when part of a title.
That said, context generally provides valuable clues as to the type of llama/lama/Lama being discussed. I've rarely been confused.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 3:19 pm
by FlammableFlower
This is my favourite image in a paper -
surprised llama vs giant syringe
Unfortunately I can't seem to view the original images to see it in all it's glory. It had me in stitches when I was reading the paper (yes I know it's sad).
Oooo, tracked it down - how can I upload images?
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 3:30 pm
by shpalman
AMS wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 12:46 pm
Camelid family domain antibodies are a well known thing in the biotech world. But we don't need to bleed millions of llamas - gene sequencing and GMP recombinant protein manufacture are mature technologies.
Well in the meantime I think Italy is bleeding ex-covid-sufferers dry and lots of antivax morons are all like bIg pHaRmA wAnT tO sElL tHe vAcCiNe wHeN pLaSmA iS fReE despite monoclonal antibodies being a thing.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 3:41 pm
by Martin Y
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 2:27 pm
Alternatively, the scientific name is
Lama glama, so ...
Right. I am now going to invent a llama and turkey dish, perhaps some kind of turkey escalope with llama milk cheese, purely so it can be called
lama glama dindon.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 5:28 pm
by plebian
Martin Y wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 12:13 pm
Well now we're just going to create a race of Llamamen. And then where will we be? Earwormed by that Steve Wright in the Afternoon jingle off of the '90s:
"Llamaman, llamaman
Does whatever a llama can
He can bleat, he can trot
Has whatever a llama's got..."
Llamamen is just down the valley from Machynlleth, near the Centre for Alternative Technology.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 5:29 pm
by plebian
bolo wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2020 11:00 pm
Isn't Llamaman a place in Wales?
Damn.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 8:24 pm
by jdc
FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 3:19 pm
Oooo, tracked it down - how can I upload images?
It's this to link to an image hosted elsewhere:
Code: Select all
[img]https://scrutable.science/download/file.php?id=1002[/img]
And if you want to upload from yer computer it's the "attachments" tab down there under the post you're writing. (Click "add files" or drag and drop from yer folder, then click "place inline".)
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 9:09 pm
by FlammableFlower
Like this?
- Llama.png (263.12 KiB) Viewed 2203 times
- Llama detail.png (28.37 KiB) Viewed 2203 times
It had me amused anyway - was looking for methods of surface modification of fluorescent nanoparticles and found a surprised llama.
Re: Llamas
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 9:10 pm
by FlammableFlower
And thanks jdc - had never gotten to look at the options below...