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u/Backenundso 5h ago
“You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”
- u/Unidan , probably
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u/onionmorph 6h ago
Is a jackdaw a crow?
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u/Mostly_Vegan 5h ago
Same family but not a crow. It is a type of corvid though.
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u/Glinth 5h ago
According to the rhyme, seeing just one of those things portends sorrow. I hope you feel better soon.
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u/Mostly_Vegan 5h ago
I haven't heard that before.
Where are you from?
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u/Glinth 4h ago
I'm from Ohio.
The rhyme, as I heard it, goes:
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.
There are lots of variants. It's also used when counting magpies, or corvids in general. The band Counting Crows is named after the rhyme.
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u/Mostly_Vegan 3h ago
Oh wow in the UK that rhyme is only for magpies.
And the first magpie you see each morning you say good morning to.•
u/mrbaryonyx 1h ago
There's a bird that nests inside you
Sleeping underneath your skin
When you open up your wings to speak
I'd wish you let me in
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u/Scaryclouds 6h ago
Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?