Re: maryannewest@live.com writes can you tell me what kind of bird

Richard Owlett wrote:
> Jerry Avins wrote:
> 
>> Anne Burgess wrote:
>>
>>>>> It might help with identification if we knew where it was seen.
>>>>> 'Bay area' is rather imprecise - which bay? There must be hundreds 
>>>>> of bays around the shores of these islands.
>>>>
>>>> It's 3000 miles from where I live, but "Bay area" without other 
>>>> context means San Francisco Bay to me.
>>>
>>>
>>> To me in this newsgroup, uk.rec.birdwatching (UK as in United 
>>> Kingdom), considerably more than 3000 miles from San Francisco, 'bay 
>>> area' means 'area near some bay or other', with an expectation that 
>>> the name of the bay will be specified.
>>
>>
>> Life isn't always as simple as one might like, and conventions take on 
>> lives of their own. Who ever thought that "bad" and "gnarly" would 
>> become a words of praise?
>>
>> Jerry
> 
> It's happened before.
> Think what "awful" or "suffer" meant in 1600's ;)
> As to geographical differences, what does "boot" refer to?
> 
What I wear on my feet. :)

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