photo: Fabrice Stoger

Inspired by a game of bananagrams with my daughter, in which I spelled the word gnu.

What’s that called?

That? It’s a gnu.

A new what?

A gnu, but it has a new name.

A new name?

Yeah, I used to know it.

What? The new name?

Yeah, I knew the new gnu name, but I’ve forgotten it.

Huh?

Wildebeest!

What?

It’s a gnu.

A new what?