But then neither Tit or Jay is the "official" name, whereas Emu is?
On 27/07/07, John Leonard <> wrote:
>
> The apostrophes in Hawaiian birds' names should be counted as letters
> as they represent a definite sound, a glottal stop; the sound a
> Cockney says when saying the word 'butter', 'bu'er'. And Hawaii should
> be spelled Hawai'i.
>
> I reckon the shortest bird name in English, rather than borrowed from
> another language would have to be 'Tit'; used without qualification in
> England to refer to the Blue Tit, as in "I see the Tits have been at
> the milk bottles again'.
>
> Oh, and Jay of course.
>
> John Leonard
>
> On 7/27/07, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> > My "Hawaii's Birds" which I purchased for a brief business visit there
> some
> > years ago has the local name for all three Boobies that occur there as
> 'A
> > (the apostrophe is part of the name). It actually reckons the Ou is 'O'u
> > (two apostrophes....)
> >
> > On 27/07/07, L&L Knight <> wrote:
> > >
> > > I thought I'd play pedant's advocate.
> > >
> > > I'm sure the longest bird name is in another language - possibly
> Welsh,
> > > Finnish, Inuit ...
> > >
> > > It would be interesting to know what the absolute longest bird name is
> > > [in any human language].
> > >
> > > Regards, Laurie.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Friday, July 27, 2007, at 04:09 PM, wrote:
> > >
> > > > G'day all
> > > >
> > > > Puerto Rican Stripe-headed Tanager = 34 characters
> > > > Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird = 35 characters
> > > > Ou = 2
> > > >
> > > > Black-necked Stork = 18
> > > >
> > > > which is virtually the average according to: Gill, F. and M.
> Wright.
> > > > 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton NJ:
> > > > Princeton University Press
> > > >
> > > > It's a fairly quiet Friday afternoon at work!
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Steve
> > >
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