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| To: | "Judy Philip" <>, <> |
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| Subject: | RE: Alternative names for Sparrows |
| From: | "russ lamb" <> |
| Date: | Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:02:40 +1000 |
When I lived in Adelaide ('75 to '93), sparrows were called sproggies, or
sprogs, by ordinary (non-birder) folk.Don't know what birders called them as
I didn't start birding until '88.
The same name(s) was often given to a group of kids of pre-school
age, ie it was a collective noun for this age-group (obviously something to
do with their capacity for feral behaviour)
Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ |
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