Of course: I stand humbled; There is no other kind of gull. It's like
the way murkins say 'tunafish' - I mean, what other kinds of tuna are
there?
Of course, 'gull' could be mistaken for an at of deception, if you
were a true pedant.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 20/03/2007, at 3:45 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> Competing with Walt for the "pedant" award: there's no such bird as a
> "seagull." They are properly called "gulls," or by their full name.
> (Just a pet peeve of James Davis, my college ornithology instructor.)
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