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11th April 2013, 03:23 PM #16
Mug punter
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new voice it is .. i have finally tracked down in my (many) reference books (and antique books) on birds one from australian museum which clearly describes each of them with the parenthetical observation "new voice"
eg Orange bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster (krie'-soh-gas'-ter:"golden bellied new voice")
regards david
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11th April 2013, 05:32 PM #17
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Great!! Thank you for your persistent lexical sleuthing!!
That bit about the voice was floating around somewhere in something I read but I couldn't find it again
when I did a second search!
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11th April 2013, 07:54 PM #18regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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11th April 2013, 08:13 PM #19
Skwair2rownd
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And here was me thinking Latin!!!!
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11th April 2013, 10:35 PM #20
Mug punter
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thanks ... my cayley's parrots is a first edition 1938 and had a few names for it as well as Neophema (Neonanodes, Psittacus and Euphema) but no explanations for any of them (i would guess new orchid for the first ... the others are parrot and good voice)
my oxford dictionary which is the 1933 edition didn't have it either ... they were the first places i looked
the real reason it took me so long though was that i kept on getting sidetracked and reading interesting things....
regards david
regards david
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12th April 2013, 12:37 AM #21
from the 1984 edition of Cayley's
Neonanodes -- possibly neo-nano-des = new small beak (des seems to relate to teeth or beak), or neon-a-nodes = new without "nodes" i.e. similar to a known species but without a particular characteristic of that species
Psittacus -- Greek psitte, parrot; Greek pisttacula, a genus of Asian parrots
Euphema -- possibly eu-phemaregards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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12th April 2013, 08:41 AM #22
So you made me dust off the Latin dictionary for nothing
regards
Nick
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Without wood it's just ...
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12th April 2013, 09:12 AM #23
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22nd April 2013, 05:21 PM #24
Mug punter
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co-incidentally, the latest offerings from csiro publishing include this soon to be released book:
Australian Bird Names, Ian Fraser and Jeannie Gray, 9780643104693
hmmmm it may have to grace my bookshelves come my birthday (in june)
regards david
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22nd April 2013, 09:04 PM #25
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Thanks for that David. Might have to see if I can talk the local library into getting a copy!!!
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22nd April 2013, 09:55 PM #26
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22nd April 2013, 10:32 PM #27
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