|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296 |
More on the European woodpecker:
"Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.] (Zo["o]l.) The European green woodpecker (Picus, or Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack."
Webster's 1913 (*Note: nickle ain't listed)
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
Put the little nickel in. In the nickelodeon, All I've got is lovin' you And music, music, music!((there's a challenge, Dr. Bill...can't find that complete lyric online anywhere) And, my, Theresa...but there are strange birds, especially woodpeckers, in Gray World, aren't there?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 618
addict
|
addict
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 618 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
Ah!...the other Doc was too quick for you this time, Dr. Bill! Thanks, Doc C! (And I never kenew the song was titled, "Musick! Musick! Musick!")
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,602
Members9,187
|
Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
0 members (),
157
guests, and
3
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|