=SDC= Q33: When Sinbad Met Mavis
Vinny Burgoo
arse, barrel, bog, bum, cock, drum, dun, foot, fucker, jobber, knee,
nut, pickle, pie, pin, quest, river, rolling, thick, wind, winder, wood
11 pairs.
How many pecking orders?
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VB
T. O. Panellist
Jerry Friedman
> 22 words.
>
> arse, barrel, bog, bum, cock, drum, dun, foot, fucker, jobber, knee,
> nut, pickle, pie, pin, quest, river, rolling, thick, wind, winder, wood
>
> 11 pairs.
>
> How many pecking orders?
"Arse foot"? That's a strange pair.
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Jerry Friedman, T. O. Hinter
Dr Peter Young
Old colloquial name in Britain for the Great Crested Grebe. Its legs
are very far back on its body; good for swimming and diving, but not
for walking.
Peter.
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Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004.
(US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired.
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
James Hogg
> On 22 Aug 2011 Jerry Friedman <je...@totally-official.com> wrote:
>
>> On Aug 21, 4:30 am, Vinny Burgoo <hlu...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 22 words.
>>>
>>> arse, barrel, bog, bum, cock, drum, dun, foot, fucker, jobber, knee,
>>> nut, pickle, pie, pin, quest, river, rolling, thick, wind, winder, wood
>>>
>>> 11 pairs.
>>>
>>> How many pecking orders?
>
>> "Arse foot"? That's a strange pair.
>
>> --
>> Jerry Friedman, T. O. Hinter
>
> Old colloquial name in Britain for the Great Crested Grebe. Its legs
> are very far back on its body; good for swimming and diving, but not
> for walking.
Anyway, there are seven orders. Three of them are Passeriformes, two
each Podicipediformes and Falconiformes, one each of the other four.
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James
Vinny Burgoo
Thank you!
'Eight' or 'seven or eight' would also have been accepted.
Explanation:
Arse foot = Great Crested Grebe. Order: Podicipediformes.
Bum barrel = Long-tailed Tit. Order: Passeriformes.
Bog drum = Bittern. Order: Pelicaniformes.
Cock winder = Wigeon. Order: Anseriformes.
Dun pickle = Marsh Harrier. Order: either Falconiformes or
Accipitriformes.
Nut jobber = Nuthatch. Order: Passeriformes.
River pie = Dipper. Order: Passeriformes.
Rolling pin = various grebes. Order: Podicipediformes.
Wood quest = Wood Pigeon. Order: Columbiformes.
Thick knee = Stone Curlew (and others). Order: Charadriformes.
Wind fucker = Kestrel. Order: Falconiformes.
The title/slug uses two more old or local names for birds. 'Sinbad' was
a bullfinch; 'mavis' was a thrush.
Cora Fuchs
wrote:
>22 words.
>
>arse, barrel, bog, bum, cock, drum, dun, foot, fucker, jobber, knee,
>nut, pickle, pie, pin, quest, river, rolling, thick, wind, winder, wood
>
>11 pairs.
>
>How many pecking orders?
Am I correct in assuming that the Mavis of the slugline is anarthrous
typing teacher Mavis Beacon?
msh210
> Am I correct in assuming that the Mavis of the slugline is anarthrous
> typing teacher Mavis Beacon?
'Fraid not. Someone's already answered the question, and someone else
has provided an explanation, in this thread.
Michael Hamm
TO Panelist
Jerry Friedman
> In alt.usage.english, James Hogg wrote:
> >Dr Peter Young wrote:
> >> On 22 Aug 2011 Jerry Friedman <je...@totally-official.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On Aug 21, 4:30 am, Vinny Burgoo <hlu...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>> 22 words.
>
> >>>> arse, barrel, bog, bum, cock, drum, dun, foot, fucker, jobber, knee,
> >>>> nut, pickle, pie, pin, quest, river, rolling, thick, wind, winder, wood
>
> >>>> 11 pairs.
>
> >>>> How many pecking orders?
>
> >>> "Arse foot"? That's a strange pair.
>
> >>> --
> >>> Jerry Friedman, T. O. Hinter
>
> >> Old colloquial name in Britain for the Great Crested Grebe. Its legs
> >> are very far back on its body; good for swimming and diving, but not
> >> for walking.
>
> >Anyway, there are seven orders. Three of them are Passeriformes, two
> >each Podicipediformes and Falconiformes, one each of the other four.
>
> Thank you!
Your Cormo is being towed to you by a flock of south-southerlies.
Thanks to Peter Young for helping out.
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Jerry Friedman, T. O. Sheeporderer