Yes, not a few.
& good news about the bitterns! Watch out for the swinging binoculars
L
On 25 April 2018 at 23:59, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Excellent, L. Welcome to a few hotels no doubt, too.
>
> By the way, there are bitterns in Australia too:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-backed_bittern
>
> B
>
>
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 at 1:12 am, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Is the phrase "You are welcome to..." meaning "I don't want..." familiar
> in
> > North America?
> >
> > There's a church near me with a proud notice outside: "You are welcome to
> > our church."
> >
> > I don't think they know
> >
> > best
> >
> > L
> >
> > On 25 April 2018 at 15:57, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Indeed, if it’s a USAmerican bird, the ‘fix’ is in… Language can be fun
> > > (especially when the comic is unconscious of the game).
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
> > > > On Apr 25, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Very good.
> > > > All I know of bitterns is my good friend and colleague John Drever,
> > with
> > > > whom I make text-sound performances, trying to give me a sense of
> what
> > > > sounds they make after he went bittern listening.
> > > >
> > > > But I was struck by that image of a bird covered in binoculars
> > > >
> > > > It was an American bittern. That was why there is the interest. Don't
> > get
> > > > many of them apparently. Not here.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > L
> > > >
> > > > On 25 April 2018 at 13:33, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> A great bittern tale, L. Sounding almost barnacular.
> > > >>
> > > >> B
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 at 9:16 pm, Patrick McManus <
> > > >> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> haha
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 25/04/2018 08:08, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> > > >>>> From BBC Radio 4 about 6:50 a.m. today
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> "A bitten has arrived in Suffolk with thousands of binoculars
> fixed
> > on
> > > >>> it."
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > >
> > > Douglas Barbour
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> > >
> > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> Continuations
> > > 2 (UofAPress).
> > > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> > > Listen. If (UofAPress):
> > >
> > >
> > > There is no real
> > > world, my friends.
> > > Why not, then
> > > let the stars
> > > shine in our bones?
> > >
> > > Robert Kroetsch
> > >
> >
>
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