Talk:krokodili

Years ago, I remember reading (on soc.lang.esperanto?) that this term originated from Esperanto immersion class in which students weren't allowed to speak their original language unless they held a toy crocodile. However, I don't know about the veracity of this story; the practice might have been a reaction to the slang term rather than the origin, or it could be a folk etymology. Robin 03:13, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Krokodili etymology

I have now added four different citations for the source (rather than the allusion) where there were none before. This etymology is further corroborated in J.F. Conroy's Dictionary & Phrasebook where it also gives kajmani and aligatori as accepted terms for the same action denoted by krokodili. Therefore it is clear that the connotation is to the physical resemblance of the creature, and not anything to do with "crocodile tears", as "alligator tears" and "cayman tears" are not accepted idioms, and yet they are used for the same verb anyway. Any further attempts at reversion will betray a clear ulterior bias.