Re: OT: Species of Birds Named By People Who Clearly Hate Birds

(I finally got round to cleaning out my mailbox, and I ran into this thread) I pretty much agree with what Ann said (including the stupid "incredible") iMind you, when I got to the "Waterfowl" section I found myself thinking of Steve McQueen and his baseball (and couldn't get rid of the Bernstein

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True, Dat. Dan Matyola On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 3:44 PM John wrote: > I think it technically just means someone who lives in a cave; aka a "cave > man". > > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit th

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I think it technically just means someone who lives in a cave; aka a "cave man". On 2/13/2021 09:39:17, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: To me, mignon means small, as in filet mignon. Troglodyte means "a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes." Dan Matyola On Sa

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I apologize for calling England an island, Bob. My bad; I certainly know better. I agree with everything you just said. Dan Matyola On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 2:19 PM Bob Pdml wrote: > > On 13 Feb 2021, at 18:21, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: > > > > I hope England survives and thrives as an is

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Its binomial name (here) is. Troglodytes troglodytes. There are about 30 subspecies, many of them endemic to islands, such as the Corsican and St Kilda wrens. They all have triple-barrelled names. There is about the same number of fully seperate species in the New World. > On 13 Februar

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Looks like we are seperated not only by geography and a common language. 8 -) > On 13 February 2021 at 13:42 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Thanks, Mike and Bob, for your interesting and informative comments. I > appreciate them all, and much of that I knew already. > > The article, an

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> On 13 Feb 2021, at 18:21, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I hope England survives and thrives as an isolated island after Brexit, but I’m sure England will be fine, but it’s not an island, and the other people who share the island of Great Britain get upset when we the English, as well as other

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You know, some of our founding fathers wanted to make German the language of the American government, instead of English. The area I live in was settled first by the Native Americans, then by Swedes, then by Dutch, and then by German refugees. The English Army threw the Dutch out of New Netherlan

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> On 13 February 2021 at 11:16 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 13 Feb 2021, at 11:14, mike wilson wrote: > > > >  > >> On 13 February 2021 at 11:08 Bob Pdml wrote: > >> > >> > >> The word mignon, in troglodyte mignon, is often used to describe cute > >> kids. It means things like charming, pret

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The wren picture is from a French website. Troglodyte is simply the French for wren. It really means a cave-dweller, the meaning you give is secondary to that (when we were children living in Anglesey we called the local people trogs). The French version of the wren apparently lives in small hol

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> On 13 February 2021 at 11:08 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > The word mignon, in troglodyte mignon, is often used to describe cute kids. > It means things like charming, pretty, likeable... And the bird (Common Wren) is one of the commonest birds in the UK but, at the same time, is so secretive that

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> On 12 February 2021 at 22:23 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > https://twistedsifter.com/2021/02/funny-bird-species-names-compilation/ > Quite the opposite in most cases. Some (e.g. Smew) are onomatopoeic versions of the bid's call. Others (troglodyte mignon) refer to behaviour or (horne

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To me, mignon means small, as in filet mignon. Troglodyte means "a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes." Dan Matyola On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 6:14 AM mike wilson wrote: > > > On 13 February 2021 at 11:08 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > > The word mignon, in

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I have to agree with Mike..and I love those bird names! - they are funny and sometimes very sweet and/or rightly descriptive . and remember, these mentioned are just the ENGLISH language version of the birds common names, i.e., nicknames.. Not their actual zoological species names in most cases

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Thanks, Mike and Bob, for your interesting and informative comments. I appreciate them all, and much of that I knew already. The article, and my posting of it was intended solely as humor. Dan Matyola -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net t

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On 13 Feb 2021, at 11:14, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 13 February 2021 at 11:08 Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> >> The word mignon, in troglodyte mignon, is often used to describe cute kids. >> It means things like charming, pretty, likeable... > > And the bird (Common Wren) is one of the commonest

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The word mignon, in troglodyte mignon, is often used to describe cute kids. It means things like charming, pretty, likeable... > On 13 Feb 2021, at 11:01, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 12 February 2021 at 22:23 "Daniel J. Matyola" >> wrote: >> >> >> https://twistedsifter.com/2021/02/funny-

OT: Species of Birds Named By People Who Clearly Hate Birds

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