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To: nickcarraway

Calling a vulture a buzzard is like calling a tsunami a tidal wave. Buzzards are hawks.


2 posted on 08/13/2024 9:23:08 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart
"Calling a vulture a buzzard is like calling a tsunami a tidal wave. Buzzards are hawks."

Buzzards are hawks in England. In American vernacular, buzzard and vulture are synonyms.
9 posted on 08/14/2024 8:32:29 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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