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And we must allow [[David Paich|Mr. Paich]] some facility with logic and common sense, even if not much, and while Olympus clearly does not rise above the Serengeti, or another part of the African continent, being a mountain, it ''does'' at least rise above things like plains. | And we must allow [[David Paich|Mr. Paich]] some facility with logic and common sense, even if not much, and while Olympus clearly does not rise above the Serengeti, or another part of the African continent, being a mountain, it ''does'' at least rise above things like plains. | ||
As for “leopresses”, who can say? What even ''is'' a | As for “leopresses”, who can say? What even ''is'' a “[[leopress]]”? It has escaped the compliers of the OED and, for what it is worth, Websters.<ref>Probably quite a bit, for [[David Paich|Mr. Paich]], being from California.</ref> I take it to be some kind of creative contraction of “leopardess” on Mr. Paich’s part. This cannot be right, for two reasons: | ||
Firstly, female leopards, however described, do not really rise above things like plains. They may be fast, but in two dimensions. Leopards are wholly earthbound. The sorts of things that ''do'' rise above plains are mountains, rainclouds (mainly in Spain), and hot air balloons (as per the above, I am told, it is only ''from'' a hot air balloon, that has already risen high above the Serengeti, that one can even ''see'' Kilimanjaro.) | Firstly, female leopards, however described, do not really rise above things like plains. They may be fast, but in two dimensions. Leopards are wholly earthbound. The sorts of things that ''do'' rise above plains are mountains, rainclouds (mainly in Spain), and hot air balloons (as per the above, I am told, it is only ''from'' a hot air balloon, that has already risen high above the Serengeti, that one can even ''see'' Kilimanjaro.) | ||
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My correspondent continues undeterred: | My correspondent continues undeterred: | ||
{{Quote|A female leopard is known as a leopress IN Africa, where they live mostly. A leopress would surely, most definitely rise above the serengeti, because they sleep in trees.}} | {{Quote|A female leopard is known as a [[leopress]] IN Africa, where they live mostly. A leopress would surely, most definitely rise above the serengeti, because they sleep in trees.}} | ||
Now this is a nice try, but we think “surely, most definitely” materially over-eggs it. And, while he is no wizard in African linguistics — but nor is Mr. Paich — the [[JC]] can find scant evidence that “leopress” ''is'' “a special African term for a female leopard”. It seems fanciful: most people in that part of the world speak Swahili, and in that language leopardess, we gather, is “chui”. In a way it’s a pity Mr Paich didn’t use it: it would scan a lot better. But still, the point remains: a sleepy she-leopard, slinking up a tree for a nap, may be “elevated”, but is this really the sort of magnificent “rise” one might compare with a distant twenty-thousand-foot mountain? | Now this is a nice try, but we think “surely, most definitely” materially over-eggs it. And, while he is no wizard in African linguistics — but nor is Mr. Paich — the [[JC]] can find scant evidence that “leopress” ''is'' “a special African term for a female leopard”. It seems fanciful: most people in that part of the world speak Swahili, and in that language leopardess, we gather, is “chui”. In a way it’s a pity Mr Paich didn’t use it: it would scan a lot better. But still, the point remains: a sleepy she-leopard, slinking up a tree for a nap, may be “elevated”, but is this really the sort of magnificent “rise” one might compare with a distant twenty-thousand-foot mountain? | ||