Comments on: Birding the dictionary 2

By: Heraclitean Fire » Christmas food debrief, bitterns etc

Heraclitean Fire » Christmas food debrief, bitterns etc — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:46:14 +0000

[...] also had great views of water rail, the bird you may remember me mentioning before which has, according to the book, ‘a discontented piglet-like squeal, soon dying away’. [...]

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:06:07 +0000

Thanks, there’ll probably be another one in the next couple of days.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:58:52 +0000

Really enjoy these little etymological fumblings. :)

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:36:42 +0000

Yes, I was pleased to see raclette pop up unexpectedly in the definition for rail.

Glad you enjoyed them.

By: Tai Haku

Tai Haku — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:45:14 +0000

Birding and Raclette!?! This might be the best blog post ever. Seriously though I found you through IATB and have really enjoyed this series of posts.

By: Heraclitean Fire » More crakery from the canon

Heraclitean Fire » More crakery from the canon — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:57:47 +0000

[...] didn’t want my post on rails and crakes to suffer from poetry bloat, so I didn’t quote it before, but John Clare isn’t the only [...]

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:14:43 +0000

Thanks for reading :)

By: Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:06:53 +0000

A discontented piglet-like squeal! I have to get me one of these Collins Bird Guides. Fascinating post, Harry, thank you.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:15:05 +0000

Agreed about Clare. Interesting post all around.