Hrm. Just to split a hair or two, but I thought that
"birdwatchers" were those people who started late in
life whereas "birders" were those of us who were born
with the affliction? (sort of like the difference
between Star Trek fans, "trekkers" and "trekkies").

[Power to Pale Male and Lola!]

--- "B. A. Wolfe" <gismybabe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yea, I thought the only constant was change. Our
> language never stops evolving, due to 'slang' like
> googling, etc. Just let it flow. I mean, how long
> has it been since we more-or-less stopped calling
> ourselves birdwatchers and just changed it to
> birders, hmmm?
>
> Brett A. Wolfe
> Seattle, WA
>


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Devorah A. N. Bennu, PhD
Independent Scholar and
Research Associate,
American Museum of Natural History
birdologist [at] yahoo [dot] com
public blog: http://girlscientist.blogspot.com

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