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Bird or Plant ? Interactive NY Times quiz

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Subject: Bird or Plant ? Interactive NY Times quiz
From: "Ross Macfarlane" <>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:15:05 +1000
Can you distinguish a bird from a plant by their names spoken in other 
languages?

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/08/11/science/20090811-NAMING-QUIZ.html

6/10 or above is described as a "good ear". I scored 10/10 - which I attribute 
to a birdo's ability to spot an onomatopoeic bird name.

Ref. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/science/11naming.html?_r=1...

Ross Macfarlane
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