Identifying bird groups in need of a name change

To:	Nikolas Haass <>, "birding aus" <>
Subject:	Identifying bird groups in need of a name change
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Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:22:21 +1100

Nikolas

Did the operator have one hand before or after getting the certificate?

David



                                                                       
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Almost, Peter!!!
One-HAND-motor-chain-saw-operator's-instruction-course-participating-certificate


Nikolas

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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW



----- Original Message ----
From: Peter Shute <>
To: L&L Knight <>; Birding-aus (E-mail)
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Sent: Thu, November 26, 2009 1:24:35 PM
Subject: Identifying bird groups in need of a name change

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

-----Original Message-----
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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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