RFI Term

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Subject:	RFI Term
From:	Brian Fleming <>
Date:	Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:19:14 +1000

Paul Taylor wrote:

> > What's the name for a 'young heron'.  The word should have about
> > 9 letters, starting with H ending with W.
> 
> >From the web site: "GENUKI:  North Riding of Yorkshire" at:
>    http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Glossary/D-H.html
> 
> hernsews, heronshaw, hernshaw:  A little or young heron; a heron.
> 

As in Hamlet - could tell a hawk from a handsaw (Well that's the way I
remember it!) But it didn't come to mind.

And he did give the weather conditions!

Brian Fleming

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