Is a cuckoo-shrike inappropriately named? It's neither a cuckoo nor a shrike,
but doesn't the addition of the hyphen create a new name that can be applied to
a bird that's neither of those?
It might be a mouthful, but compare it to the German practice of creating new
words just by joining words together, e.g.
Einhandmotorkettensägenführerlehrgangsteilnahmebestätigung. (Someone might be
having me on, but I'm led to believe that means chainsaw operator's certificate
-
One-man-motor-chain-saw-operator's-instruction-course-participating-certificate).
Peter Shute
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Sent: Thursday, 26 November 2009 12:46 PM
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Subject: Identifying bird groups in need of a name change
Jeff is right, it is time to stop waffling and start a systematic approach to
the issue of dodgy bird names.
I would say that the first step is to list bird groups that are inappropriately
named, such as robins, cuckoo-shrikes and magpies.
Regards, Laurie.
On 26/11/2009, at 11:29 AM, Jeff Davies wrote:
> Surely this thread has run its course by now.
> I honestly don't believe that there will be an overwhelming show of
> hands to start calling a Cuckoo-shrike a Cush, enough already.
>
> Cheers Jeff.
>
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