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things came to mind:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJix23IeF8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJix23IeF8</a><br>
(The Management regrets that is will not be showing a feature film
this evening as it eats into the profits)<br>
and also<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy3QS3vO0ag">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy3QS3vO0ag</a><br>
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I wonder which of these two would be more well known in Germany? I
personally like well known names like Albatross, but Ubuntu seems
to also go for the more obscure ones (Natty Narwhal, Precise
Pangolin, Jaunty Jackalope, Trusty Tahr come to mind).<br>
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Re: Bird names<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jorgk@jorgk.com">jorgk@jorgk.com</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tb-planning@mozilla.org">tb-planning@mozilla.org</a> <br>
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<pre wrap="">So maybe the exact point is to make unknown species/names better known? :) Maybe there is some unpublished symbolic meaning in respect to TB.
I think Firefox also used names of unknown (to the rest of the world) national parks as codenames for some releases?
aceman
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> Od: "Jörg Knobloch" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jorgk@jorgk.com"><jorgk@jorgk.com></a>
> Komu: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tb-planning@mozilla.org"><tb-planning@mozilla.org></a>
> Dátum: 11.03.2015 15:47
> Predmet: Re: Bird names
>
>On 11/03/2015 14:44, Chris Ramsden wrote:
>> Both birds are members of families represented throughout north
>> america and much of europe and asia. They're hardly rare or scarce. I
>> suspect your antipodean location make them appear unusual to you.
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>There is a misunderstanding. I used to live in Australia, now back in
>Germany.
>
>Sure we have avocets in Germany (Säbelschnäbler), those white birds who
>poke their beak in the mud on the coast. We also have buntings (Ammer).
>The point is: Non-native English speakers (and antipodean ones as well)
>won't know these names. I guess 99.9% of Germans wouldn't know what an
>"Ammer" is.
>
>If you want "A" and "B", here's a list:
><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://beautyofbirds.com/birdspeciesAB.htm">http://beautyofbirds.com/birdspeciesAB.htm</a>
>
>Jorg K.
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