At 10:32 AM 10/21/98 EDT, MEYER2J at aol.com wrote:
>Hello Tweets:
>
>Having just returned from England and having birded with 2 guides from the
>London area, I can tell you that English birders are "not" called Twitchers.
>The fellows told me the British press "just don't get it" and, unfortunately,
>have perpetuated the notion throughout the U.K. and the world that twitching
>is a proper British word for birding.

"twitching" is pretty much equivalent to "listing", "twitchers" to "listers".
Obviously, listing is something one does while birding, and some birders
are listers. The same is true of twitching and twitchers.



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