It's all a matter of who you want to talk to Bill. Most people who post to B-Oz
are communicating with their fellow Aussies, who understand the local dialect.
Globalisation is all very well, but should be applied in moderation. Consider
your reading of B-Oz posts a form of cultural education - comparable perhaps to
listening in to the Quebecois up the road from your place.
More power to the weeros
Regards, Laurie.
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> Hi All,
> I am an American who listens in on your list and never posts, but I thought
> I'd add my two cents here. I've always had mixed feelings about standardized
> common names--isn't that what the scientific names are for? But I have been
> reading about the "Jabiru" on the list for the past week or two now, since it
> first appeared. Until this discussion about names, I truly thought that a
> Jabiru, Jabiru mycteria, had appeared in Australia. That seemed pretty rare
> to me! I didn't realize that it was a Black-necked Stork, Ephippiorhynchus
> asiaticus, that you all were talking about. Possibly it doesn't make any
> difference what some Yank thinks about your rarities--why should it? But on
> the other hand, if you didn't want others to know about exactly what you had
> seen, why bother posting it at all? My two cents--
> Bill Benner
> Old Brookville, NY, USA
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