Peter, it will get lost if it keeps Straya-ing all over the place.
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On Behalf Of Peter Shute
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:52 AM
To: Chris Ross;
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Re 'Jabiru'
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: [Birding-Aus] 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 !
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Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:55 PM
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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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