Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!manuel!ccadfa!sserve!news From: rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au (Bob McKay) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Trendy species nicnames Message-ID: <1991Apr18.040800.18306@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> Date: 18 Apr 91 04:08:00 GMT References: <1991Apr15.004109.8828@crl.dec.com> Sender: news@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia Lines: 8 From article <1991Apr15.004109.8828@crl.dec.com>, by herlihy@crl.dec.com (Maurice Herlihy): > Just for fun, I'd like to assemble a list of currently hip species nicnames. Here in Oz, the Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike is almost universally known these days as a BiFCuS Bob McKay Phone: +61 6 268 8169 fax: +61 6 268 8581 Dept. Computer Science ACSNET,CSNET: rim@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz Aust. Defence Force Academy UUCP: ...!uunet!munnari!csadfa.cs.adfa.oz!rim Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA ARPA: rim%csadfa.cs.adfa.oz@uunet.uu.net