This blog is to share my photographs of, and enthusiasm for, the native birds living around and passing by the base of Mount Majura, Canberra, Australia. It was inspired by the swanlings at the bottom of my street. All photographs have been taken on local walks.
Friday 12 October 2012
Grammar mini break
I am fond of the -ling words, such as duckling, gosling, fledgling, nestling and even swanling, where the -ling makes something small or young. (I'm sure Hagrid would know the full set.) They interest me as they sound so particular to English, entering around the 14th century and lets face it, foundlings are not commonplace in my world. I suspect other words such as puffling for baby puffin entered the lexicon later. I know that moshling, for the pet of a moshi monster, is fairly recent!
Let me know if you think of other -ling words which fit in my set.
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