Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 3 hours ago, comanche said: I guess the clue is in the Latin name Capreolus which means goat-like. And a baby goat is a....... Capreolus only applies to roe mate .Capreolus Capreolus . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 15,541 Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 6 hours ago, foxdropper said: What annoys me is the use of fox calls in other programmes at times of year when they are silent (Lol) that drives me mad, my missus watches some sh*te on the idiot box, the one that springs to mind is Midsummer Murders, when I point it out she just tells me to shut up, 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,989 Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, foxdropper said: Capreolus only applies to roe mate .Capreolus Capreolus . Edited March 21, 2023 by comanche Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wildman 488 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 Don't watch any of them anymore, just for armchair naturalists ,rather be out there doing it for real 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 31 minutes ago, wildman said: Don't watch any of them anymore, just for armchair naturalists ,rather be out there doing it for real Agree mate but I do enjoy watching it when I’m not out there . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cragman 2,769 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 I turn the sound down, it’s bad enough listening to the shite commentary but the dramatic music really pisses me off 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wildman 488 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 When they give a animal some sweet name ,watch it get preyed on ,escape,mate have young ,it's like watching a crap soap opera Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 Complained times over the years. A factual programme should at the very least be factual, something that most can never achieve, The standard reply to any complaint is to blame a researcher. easy get out, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,393 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, paulus said: Complained times over the years. A factual programme should at the very least be factual, something that most can never achieve, The standard reply to any complaint is to blame a researcher. easy get out, I send complaints off to the beeb regularly, just get back standard reply’s though I tend to complain about things like Jimmy saville and there bias reporting rather that a kid being called a fawn or a fox screaming out of season, they just want our money not our opinions it seems Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 15,840 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 20/03/2023 at 15:24, comanche said: I guess the clue is in the Latin name Capreolus which means goat-like. And a baby goat is a....... Good knowledge that mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Greyman said: I send complaints off to the beeb regularly, just get back standard reply’s though I tend to complain about things like Jimmy saville and there bias reporting rather that a kid being called a fawn or a fox screaming out of season, they just want our money not our opinions it seems What was there reply about Saville Paul . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eastcoast 4,118 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 When they refer to the young of animals as "babies" and herbivores as vegetarians. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,989 Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) On 20/03/2023 at 16:11, Neal said: That's a good point. I was wondering if it was because of when the species were introduced to the U.K. i.e in the same way that ox, deer, sheep etc are Anglo Saxon because they farmed them (I think) whereas beef, venison and mutton are french because the Normans said, "Thanks very much; I'll eat that!" Actually you may be not far out. Neither might Sir David . Fawn The word fawn comes from Old French. ( l'm no expert ; just happen to have l a couple of really old dictionaries) which comes from Latin . Seemingly originally a term for foetal , newborn or suckling offspring (Hence the term "fawning" for sucking up to someone), it could apply to many species but stayed in common use as the generic word for an immature deer . Hunting terminology might use fawn more specifically but it seemingly is valid to use it in a wider sense. It would be a very archaic but not incorrect use to apply it to a human baby! Thinking along those lines ; the word "kid" seems to have taken over in that department. Which brings us back to the beginning! Bloody words ,it's like entering a circular minefield! Edited March 24, 2023 by comanche 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,866 Posted March 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 That's the kind of response I like. Colin Dexter would have been impressed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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