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Two anthropologists fly to the south sea islands to study the  
natives.  They go to two adjacent islands and set to work.  A few  
months later one of them takes a canoe over to the other island to  
see how his colleague is doing.  When he gets there, he finds the  
other anthropologist standing among a group of natives.  "Greetings!  
How is it going?" says the visiting anthropologist. "Wonderful!" says  
the other, "I have discovered an important fact about the local  
language!  Watch!".  He points at a palm tree and says "what is  
that?".  The natives, in unison, say "Umbalo-gong!".  He then points  
at a rock and says "and that?".  The natives again intone  
"Umbalo-gong!".  "You see!", says the beaming anthropologist, "They  
use the SAME word for 'rock' and for 'palm tree'!".  "That is truly  
amazing!" says the astonished visiting anthropologist, "On the other  
island, the same word means 'index finger'!". 

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