Elizabeth Kurella ekure...@gmail.com wrote:
Also a new swan added to the collection in COPY THIS! But is it a swan? The
long neck says yes, the beak and body
.? (scroll down on the Copy This Swans
webpage -- it's the last swan on the page.)
Doesn't look like a swan to me. My first
Robin,
I agree the last one hasn't the beak of a swan. It looks more like the beak of
a pelican but isn't broad enough.
In the lace over this one the birds lok like swans on the bodies but their
beaks are a bit shorten.
But it isn't easy to make birds totally exact in bobbin lace.
Ilske
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Somebody has already suggested a loon - it could also be a grebe, some species
have long necks, and they also ride fairly low in the water.
By the way - the first swan picture on this page tweaked a faint memory for me
- it does look like a swan, but it also looks like a turkey. Some years ago
I am going to say duck. Smaller body, longer beak, ubiquitous presence in
ponds...
Devon
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However, with the wonders of modern technology, British Telecom are SO
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Ilske Thomsen ilske.l.thom...@t-online.de wrote:
I agree the last one hasn't the beak of a swan. It looks more like the beak of
a pelican but isn't broad enough.
Pelican was my second guess, too. I've seen pelicans in lace that have similar
bills (even though the real thing has that big
Homographs
are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A
homograph that is
also pronounced differently is a heteronym.
You
think
English is easy??
I
think a retired English teacher was bored...THIS IS
GREAT!
Read all the way to the end.
This
took a lot of work
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
This doesn't work in British English as we say 'dived into the bushes'
PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'?
Ah, but Loch 'Muick' (near Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) does rhyme with
'quick'. But it isn't properly an
I cam across a much longer version of this, which I often use with my
students:
http://aclassen.faculty.arizona.edu/english_language_crazy_inconsistencies
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK, in the middle of a thunder storm.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
This doesn't work in
I'm glad this was brought up. I've been wondering what happened to dove
into the bushes and the glass vessel shone in the light. They seem to
have disappeared in what I read in the US and are replaced with dived
and shined. Now I understand better what is going on!
Jane in Vermont, USA where we
There were quite a few things in the list which were American English rather
than British English, although the gist of it is the same for both.
On 28 Jul 2013, at 19:06, scotl...@aol.com wrote:
This doesn't work in British English as we say 'dived into the bushes'
Brenda in Allhallows
I've never said 'shined' (or heard it, for that matter), I always say 'shone'
Patricia in Wales
I'm glad this was brought up. I've been wondering what happened to dove
into the bushes and the glass vessel shone in the light. They seem to
have disappeared in what I read in the US and are
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