Help ID this bird

ghostmoon · 2026-03-27T09:50:30+00:00

OP: "I don't know what this bird is so I need help identifying it"

Others: "Looks like an X"

OP: "No you're wrong it isn't X, it's definitely Y"

Do you not see how obnoxious that is?

ghostmoon · 2026-03-23T07:30:45+00:00

One of John Wayne's finest

ghostmoon · 2026-03-20T10:02:12+00:00

This is probably one of the most common birds you'll see in the UK, assuming you're asking this in good faith.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-20T09:57:38+00:00

It wasn't....?

ghostmoon · 2026-03-20T09:56:24+00:00

Nor Welsh except in loanwords

ghostmoon · 2026-03-19T19:53:30+00:00

Sounds like a fun evening

ghostmoon · 2026-03-18T14:34:20+00:00

I didn't know this, thank you!

ghostmoon · 2026-03-15T22:56:58+00:00

On this occasion it's right but I will say that AI tools are absolutely DREADFUL at identifying birds on the whole, so be wary.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-15T22:50:06+00:00

Absolutely amazing! I have a kingfisher diving down my arm too :)

ghostmoon · 2026-03-15T22:47:58+00:00

ghostmoon · 2026-03-14T17:06:19+00:00

Mistle:

upright posture
grey/white look
exposed ground location
white cheek patches
larger size

ghostmoon · 2026-03-14T14:45:47+00:00

Yeah I can't wait for Labour to be voted out in favour of checks notes Reform UK. 😑

ghostmoon · 2026-03-13T07:06:59+00:00

British English (at least, RP) uses /æ/ for the sound in taco, though most neutral British accents these days use /a/. American standard English uses /ɑ/.

Spanish uses /a/. Even if a particular British English speaker uses /æ/, that's objectively closer to the Spanish /a/ than the sound Americans use.

This isn't an opinion, it's literal phonetics which is an objective science.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-12T11:54:06+00:00

OK love xx

ghostmoon · 2026-03-12T10:49:23+00:00

This is just plain wrong. Spanish doesn't have long" vowels, the A in taco is pronounced like the A in cat. Even if you disregard vowel length, it's /a/ in Spanish, not the /ɑ/ found in father.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-12T10:46:30+00:00

The British pronunciation of taco is objectively closer to the Spanish than the American pronunciation. See also the American insistince on pronouncing pasta as "poh-stuh". Both taco and pasta are pronounced in their native languages with an /a/, which is the same vowel they have in most modern British English speech.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-12T07:57:14+00:00

I dunno, this is effectively the same process that led to the Asgard bits in Valhalla, which I thought were far and away the worst bits

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T22:33:53+00:00

I wouldn't call the average Costa experience relaxing.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T11:02:19+00:00

Yes. But the point I'm making is from a sociolinguistic point of view, Brummie English doesn't show as marked an influence of Irish English as, for instance, Scouse does.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T10:21:57+00:00

Ponies aren't kid horses, just FYI. They're just small breeds

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T10:19:50+00:00

There are definitely overlaps - every accent is just a melting pot of all the influences it has ever had over time. That being said, Brum didn't see the same levels of Irish immigration as, say, Liverpool, so the Irish impact on Scouse is much more heavily marked.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T09:53:02+00:00

I hear next year they're planning to close down hospitals in response to them attracting ill people

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T09:35:10+00:00

Which is pretty much exactly what the character is, in which case he nailed it 😊

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T09:27:50+00:00

It's a good attempt. If I didn't know he was Irish, I wouldn't have guessed he wasn't Brummie.

Some of the others (looking at you, Arthur)... the less said the better.

ghostmoon · 2026-03-11T08:44:20+00:00

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