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[From] Bobby Ray Miller's United Press International Stylebook (1977, p. 29):

burro, burrow  A burro is an ass.  A burrow is a hole in the ground.  As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.

More about the history of this bit of humor here.

Comments

[palecur.livejournal.com]

Anytime something in spanish is bizarrely divergent from the other latinate/romance languages, a good first thing to try is to blame the Moors. Pea (alberja, or if you will, al-berja) is a good example. I am having a devil of a time finding a spanish dictionary with etymologies online, though.