Comments on: ‘I and the Bird’ and poetry http://stoneymoss.org/2009/11/12/i-and-the-bird-and-poetry/ part circus, part conservatory Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Deb http://stoneymoss.org/2009/11/12/i-and-the-bird-and-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5689 Deb Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:12:11 +0000 http://stoneymoss.org/?p=3194#comment-5689 The States have titmouse, too, although I've never seen them. (Tufted, plain, oak, etc.) According to Wikipedia, "The name titmouse is recorded from the 14th century, composed of the Old English name for the bird, <em>mase </em>(Proto-Germanic *maison, German Meise) and <em>tit</em>, denoting something small." I think the Wiki article does a fantastic job listing the various birds and their orders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_(bird) The States have titmouse, too, although I’ve never seen them. (Tufted, plain, oak, etc.)

According to Wikipedia, “The name titmouse is recorded from the 14th century, composed of the Old English name for the bird, mase (Proto-Germanic *maison, German Meise) and tit, denoting something small.”

I think the Wiki article does a fantastic job listing the various birds and their orders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_(bird)

]]> By: Crafty Green poet http://stoneymoss.org/2009/11/12/i-and-the-bird-and-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5686 Crafty Green poet Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:37:20 +0000 http://stoneymoss.org/?p=3194#comment-5686 congratulations, it looks like a good issue! I've never heard of bushtits and in fact thought that only the Brits called birds tits (blue tits, coal tits, long tailed tits and of course great tits). congratulations, it looks like a good issue!

I’ve never heard of bushtits and in fact thought that only the Brits called birds tits (blue tits, coal tits, long tailed tits and of course great tits).

]]> By: Deb http://stoneymoss.org/2009/11/12/i-and-the-bird-and-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5683 Deb Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:19:33 +0000 http://stoneymoss.org/?p=3194#comment-5683 actually I snorted. It's all good. (My IRL hairdresser said something along similar lines on FB.) actually I snorted. It’s all good. (My IRL hairdresser said something along similar lines on FB.)

]]> By: carolee http://stoneymoss.org/2009/11/12/i-and-the-bird-and-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5682 carolee Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:56:40 +0000 http://stoneymoss.org/?p=3194#comment-5682 crap -- when i said "classless chick" i was talking about myself, not you. i don't know if that's clear the way my sentence is written. oy! crap — when i said “classless chick” i was talking about myself, not you. i don’t know if that’s clear the way my sentence is written. oy!

]]> By: carolee http://stoneymoss.org/2009/11/12/i-and-the-bird-and-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 carolee Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:56:01 +0000 http://stoneymoss.org/?p=3194#comment-5681 ever the classless chick, your mention of a bird i've never heard of -- the bushtit -- made me laugh out loud. please excuse my humor (which is somewhere at the level of an 8-year-old boy -- when in Rome! ... ). but what i'm really here to say is: great job on the publication of the snippet! ever the classless chick, your mention of a bird i’ve never heard of — the bushtit — made me laugh out loud. please excuse my humor (which is somewhere at the level of an 8-year-old boy — when in Rome! … ).

but what i’m really here to say is: great job on the publication of the snippet!

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