I'm confused - Koala Bear - is that tautology? As in 'How much can a Koala
bear?'
Cheers,
Tim
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From: Birding-Aus on behalf of Neil
Cheshire
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:40 PM
To:
Subject: Bird tautology
Has anyone else noticed the annoying trend of adding the word 'bird' or 'birds'
to common bird names such as tern, cormorant etc. This evening's introduction
to 'Wild Britain' mentions "nightjar birds" I have even seen it in a circular
from the South Australian Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources which
referred to "little tern birds". There appears to be cultural cringe/PC that
does not want to offend or bewilder anyone who may be unaware that a tern,
cormorant etc is in fact a bird!
End of rant
Neil Cheshire
Encounter Bay,
South Australia.
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