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| Subject: | ousel/ouzel |
| From: | "Ian Fraser" <> |
| Date: | Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:29:18 +1000 |
While today the word is only used for another thrush (the Ring Ouzel Turdus
torquatus) it originated a very long time ago in Old English as the name for
Blackbird, which only took over in the 1600s. I am, of course, presupposing
that anyone cares....
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