I guess they added "Australian" to Magpie to make it unique. I.e it might be
wrong, but at least it's unique. That's a good example of a name that probably
couldn't be changed, even the most pedantic among us would most likely ignore a
new name for it.
We could always go with Australian Jabiru, or Australian Black-necked Stork.
If that's too much of a mouthful then we could just change the name of the
country to Straya - two less syllables, and that's how a lot of us pronounce it
anyway. Stray'n Jabiru, what do you think?
Peter Shute
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From:
On Behalf Of Chris Ross
Sent: Friday, 20 November 2009 8:40 AM
To:
Subject: Re 'Jabiru'
So what about Magpie?, officially Australian magpie, but shortened in Aussie
fashion to Magpie, there's plenty of other birds around the place called Magpie.
Chris Ross
Sorry Tony, it's not. We were beaten to the punch by hundreds of years.
People were calling a bird in S. America "Jabiru" hundreds if not thousands of
years before we European blow-ins arrived in Australia and it was picked up by
Europeans in S America when Australia was a blank on the map. I prefer Jabiru
myself, but I accept the fact that someone got there first, and no amount of
tanties and holding your breath till you go blue in the face will change it.
Someone made a stuff up with the name yonks ago, and I don't see why it should
be perpetuated.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 19/11/2009, at 10:59 PM, Tony Russell wrote:
It's a JABIRU !
-----Original Message-----
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<> On Behalf Of Pat OMalley
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:55 PM
To: <>
Subject: Re 'Jabiru'
Before folk get too patriotic, it's worth remembering that the Black Necked
Stork is found pretty much across southern Asia. It may be a bit presumptuous
to assume we have naming rights!
Cheers
Pat
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