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Tantalus
05-11-2004, 11:06
was reminded of this by a thread on BB
many animals have other names in local dialects
just wondered if we could post some here for fun
a couple of my favourites from scotland
i guess spellings will differ as many of them are country names and never intended to be written down so please dont argue toooooooooo much :roll:
fussoch ......... a stoat / weasel / marten
puddock..........a frog or toad
Tant
Yaffle - the green woodpecker Hereford and probably other places too.
wind *ucker - old name for a kestrel
Windhover - kestrel, (Kent, Suffolk)
Tantalus
05-11-2004, 11:56
Windhover - kestrel, (Kent, Suffolk)
happy birthday mate
couple more that i dredged up
cushies, or cushie doos - doves or pigeons
scurries - seagulls
Tant
RovingArcher
05-11-2004, 12:32
Here are some in Cherokee (Tsa la gi)
Wolf (Wah ya)
Turkey (gu na)
Toad (Wa lo si)
Squirrel (sa lo li)
Spoon (a di to di) :wave:
Snake (e na da)
Skunk (di li)
Sheep (ah we)
Rabbit (giis do)
Pigeon (wo ye)
Panther (cla da chi)
Ju huhn clu, no gwi si (North Star) :super:
Puss - Hare
Spuggie - House Sparrow
Charlie - Fox
Longtail - Pheasant
Brock - Badger
Who's is that ******* - Springer that runs in
happy birthday mate
Cheers Tant.
here are three mauritian animal names, translated though or they wouldnt be so funny:
Doesn’t run - Snail
Flies for fruit - Fruit Bat
Stupid - Monkey
ChrisKavanaugh
05-11-2004, 17:14
LGB, or, Little Grey Bird which covered 98% of my observations with a group of birdwatchers one day. A fun book (OOP) is AN EXALTATION OF LARKS. This book lists all the group terms, source and meaning for various animals and some whimsical ones made up for people. IE A murder of crows, pride of Lions etc.
shaggystu
06-11-2004, 13:21
LGB, or, Little Grey Bird which covered 98% of my observations with a group of birdwatchers one day. A fun book (OOP) is AN EXALTATION OF LARKS. This book lists all the group terms, source and meaning for various animals and some whimsical ones made up for people. IE A murder of crows, pride of Lions etc.
chris, you could be just the man i'm looking for, i was having a conversation years ago about collective names of various animals (we were slightly under the influence at the time!) and everyone was wondering what a group of hedgehogs is called, don't ask me why, it just made sense at the time! could you check your book and end years of misery for me please!?!?
thanks
(slightly insane) stuart
Tantalus
06-11-2004, 13:43
there are a few of these sites
http://rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml
lists hedgehogs as a prickle or an array
Tant :rolmao:
more http://www.wordiq.com/definition/List_of_collective_nouns_by_su bject_A-H
Not sure if this is what you are after but it is interesting none the less:
A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle but a group of geese in the air is a skein.
Hootchi.
Tantalus
06-11-2004, 15:29
thanks hootchi and others
i guess i was more interested in names of animals in "english" dialects
often they give all sorts of clues
like raynard for a fox ( french for fox is renard and foxhunting came over from that direction ish)
many old farms and big houses up here have "doocot" attached to them this was a building , this was originally a dovecot or roosting place for doves and pigeons, and they would be periodically checked for young birds for the dinner table
just wondered if we could compile a list of common names
Tant
Haggis - Large scottish rodent
Squidders
07-11-2004, 21:10
http://www.lightningstorm.co.uk/animals.htm :wink: