Anthropomorphisation:Who are the chavs of the bird world ? (1 Viewer)

Mutter

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• Dec 1, 2005

• #1

Here's another for you to discuss.

Who is the chav of the bird world?

Is it the agressive, loud and bling starling or the brown brigade of the house sparrows - always bickering and hogging the food.

Who gets your vote and why?

andy

 

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chris3871

Explorer Extraordinaire

• Dec 1, 2005

• #2

Good one Andy- I remember this discussion coming up once before in Ruffled feathers.

Its gotta be the gulls. ;-)

 

Chris-Leeds

Well-known member

• Dec 1, 2005

• #3

Magpies as they are always thieving.

 

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Ant

North Wales birder

• Dec 1, 2005

• #4

MMMM......

cant pin it down to a species so ill say the corvids.

 

Eider-Duck

Well-known member

• Dec 1, 2005

• #5

Starlings, because they are loud, fly about in large flocks and are always ready to create mayhem just so they can get their beaks on the last sultanna .

 

Gill Osborne

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• Dec 1, 2005

• #6

LOL I think it would have to be the Starling.....which IS a real shame as they are such wonderful characters :'D ........unlike their human counterparts who I could quite happily see exterminated from this planet!!! :t:

Gill

 

Cathy H

Cathy H

• Dec 1, 2005

• #7

Hi all,

Sorry to be a pain, but what is a chav?

Puzzled

 

Gill Osborne

Well-known member

• Dec 1, 2005

• #8

LOL Cath You mustn't have them where you live - I'm soooo jealous!!!!

How to describe a chav? I think THIS website sums them up :king:


http://www.chavscum.co.uk/

 

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mauricek

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #9

I would certainly go for gulls.I once had a holiday at Robin Hood's Bay when young gulls were fledging.A very noisy but wonderful holiday tho'.
maurice
P.S. Corvids would be my 2nd. choice.

 

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Ruth Daniel

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #10

Well now I know what one is (thanks Gill) I'll say Magpies for me!!!

 

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PeterK

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #11

Hi Having to visit Hastings on a regular basis I have to say "Herring Gulls" they are noisy, adept at raiding bin bags,crapping all over anyones car, and in general making a positive nuisance of themselves at all hours of the day and night,they make Starlings and sparrows appear positively house trained,

Yours PeterK

 

Linda Beaumont

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #12

Ruth Daniel said:

Well now I know what one is (thanks Gill) I'll say Magpies for me!!!

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Bonjour to all my friends!

Glad I wasn't the only 'ignorant' one here... living in foreign parts, I seem to be lagging in my comprehension of modern slang! (o)<

Well, for me it's a toss-up between the Magpies and the Starlings. Certainly NOT the dear little Sparrows! If anything, their constant cheeping and hustling reminds me of my infant school days! :'D

Warmest wishes!

 

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Ruth Daniel

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #13

Linda Beaumont said:

Bonjour to all my friends!

Glad I wasn't the only 'ignorant' one here... living in foreign parts, I seem to be lagging in my comprehension of modern slang! (o)<

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It's certainly not Northern slang is it? I'd never heard of "chav" and still don't know what it's short for??
Anybody translate??? (no pun intended Linda!!! lol)

 

turkish van

Number 1 celebrity badger

• Dec 2, 2005

• #14

Cathy H said:

Hi all,

Sorry to be a pain, but what is a chav?

Puzzled

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They go by the name of 'neds' in some parts of scotland (and maybe england). Think burbary caps, sports trousers and tops, or skinny jeans, timberland shoes or incapable-of-getting-dirty white trainers without laces. Quite unmistakeable really! Oh and don't forget the colourful language. If you can't spot the white trainers first, you should hear them from a fair distance away.

Does that help?!

 

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Ruth Daniel

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #15

turkish van said:

They go by the name of 'neds' in some parts of scotland (and maybe england). Think burbary caps, sports trousers and tops, or skinny jeans, timberland shoes or incapable-of-getting-dirty white trainers without laces. Quite unmistakeable really! Oh and don't forget the colourful language. If you can't spot the white trainers first, you should hear them from a fair distance away.

Does that help?!

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Well not really as I'm wearing white trainers now!!!!!!!!!! :-O
But yes I think I know what you mean. 3

 

turkish van

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #16

Ruth Daniel said:

Well not really as I'm wearing white trainers now!!!!!!!!!! :-O
But yes I think I know what you mean. 3

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No offence meant! White trainers are just one part of the uniform. :bounce:

 

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Ruth Daniel

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #17

turkish van said:

No offence meant! White trainers are just one part of the uniform. :bounce:

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None taken,it's quite nice to be fashionable for once!!!!!! lol

 

Kits

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #18

They are also known as Townies or Pikeys. Obscene hand/finger gestures, language are also part of their appearance. Very thick, but cheap, gold necklaces, bracelets, sovereign rings, huge hooped earrings. Think Vicki Pollard from Little Britain .....

 

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Ruth Daniel

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• Dec 2, 2005

• #19

Kits said:

They are also known as Townies or Pikeys. Obscene hand/finger gestures, language are also part of their appearance. Very thick, but cheap, gold necklaces, bracelets, sovereign rings, huge hooped earrings. Think Vicki Pollard from Little Britain .....

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Oh dear never heard of Townies,Pikeys,Little Britain or Vicki Pollard?
Though the hand gestures bit sounds like my husband when he's driving!!!!! 3

 

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Ant

North Wales birder

• Dec 2, 2005

• #20

hi all,

No matter what we see as the chav of the bird world, they are always better than there human counterparts.

ant

ps. I dont think chavs and birders would go well together.

 

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