TOMO 24,876 Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 STARLING= STARBUCK BABY RABBIT= COCKER MOORHEN= WATERHEN HORSE = OSS HARE = HARTLEY PHEASANT = BOD FERRET = MONKEY MICE = MOGGY HEDGEHOG = HEDGEPIG ELEPHANT = EFALUMP :whistle: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest little_lloyd Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Kestrel be a windhover and we call the anits the motley crew or rent a mob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Interesting thread I must say; Etomology, dialect and slang has always found a soft spot with me. Few observations from the above ~ pretty much at random and uncited; Horse Flys, in Eire, are called " Clags ". Maybe that's my take on the accent with which the word's been pronounced to me? I wonder if there's a celtic root there? " Dunnock " is actually the correct name for the 'Hedge Sparrow'. Modern field guides and lists giving this as the name. " Peewit ", like Green Plover, is a more 'unofficial', yet quite nationally acceptable term for the Lapwing. " Jasper ", for a wasp, is a term I found used in Sussex during my earliest teens, funnily enough. As wasps are scientifically listed as of the genes Vespa, I thought the conection obvious. But some area knows Rats by that name? Well, I'll be f*cked! Now I don't know quite what to think. " Pricklyhotchi " too caught me eye. " Hotchiwitchi " being the Romani word for a hedgehog. One could easily be led to assume that Hotchi might mean 'Pig'. But the Roma word for Pig is something entirely different. 'Cushat', was it, for Woodpigeon? Bloody hell! I haven't come across that name ~ or anything like it ~ since reading Very old books! Amazing to think the term still persists in usage into this day and age! For me though, the humble woodlice get's my vote. " Wood Pig " ? Brilliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldTrapCollector 376 Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Most of my own diction of colloquial words are Romany derived ones as are a lot of the above as already pointed out - a few others I remember from my youth are ~ Moudie - Mole Spog - Sparrow Moggie - Moorhen I wonder how far back the 'traditional names' of Reynard, Puss, Brock, Coney, Leviathan etc go? I would imagine Olde Englishe but the origins are more sketchy. All very interesting I have to admit. OTC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 do any lads/lasses have any local strange names for wildlife/birds etc .in my area moorhen=woggerhen seagull=mollies my grandpa called pidgeons QUISTS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest little_lloyd Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Got a few names for the local wildlife!!! KESTREL = WINDHOVER SQUIRREL = NUTTER DEER = VENISION FOX = CHARLIE FOX COOT = COON WATERVOLE = WATER RAT MAGPIE = MAGGIE BACKBIRD = BLACK OBJECT HERON = PELICAN BUZZARD = BUDGIE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juckler123 707 Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Partridge- Bittikanni Seagull - Chaipani Snake - sap Hare -kenengra , sally or morgan Fox - charlie Badger - billy Rabbit - drummer or shushie Hedgehog - hotchi Deer - starnie Pheasants - long tails or forkies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bullet 125 Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Macdonalds-maccies chipshop-chippy toilet papper-arsewipes oh we on wildlife woodpecker - woody rat - scaly tail magpie-butler hare - big ears fox - charlie deer - bamdi moles - valvets squirrels - tree rats cats - dirty b Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nikhil 0 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Thank you very much for your valuable information, which I didn't knew these many days. I will be looking forward for this kind of information in future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Jasper =wasp Hornicle=hornet Dumbledore=Bumble bee Road Runner =feral pigeon Anagram fish=carp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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