Comments on: From “The Secret History of Birds.” http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com/?p=3710&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-the-secret-history-of-birds Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Two-Fisted Bird Watcher http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com/?p=3710&cpage=1#comment-695 Two-Fisted Bird Watcher Thu, 20 May 2010 15:50:37 +0000 http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com/?p=3710#comment-695 In response to flyingmachine's comment, Marc writes: "Sorry to have created this dispute. The source was Frederic Morton's, The Rothschilds. Morton has a reputation for accuracy." Our take: Wikipedia can be great, but it's an informal source. Maybe they didn't know about the pigeon. Marc's story may be true, and we like it. So do the pigeons, unsung heroes that they are. In response to flyingmachine’s comment, Marc writes: “Sorry to have created this dispute. The source was Frederic Morton’s, The Rothschilds. Morton has a reputation for accuracy.”

Our take: Wikipedia can be great, but it’s an informal source. Maybe they didn’t know about the pigeon. Marc’s story may be true, and we like it. So do the pigeons, unsung heroes that they are.

]]> By: norm http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com/?p=3710&cpage=1#comment-694 norm Thu, 20 May 2010 14:52:13 +0000 http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com/?p=3710#comment-694 True or not , this reminds me, for no apparent reason, of the grammatical controversy when Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ advertising campaign appeared The billboards and sides of Buses proclaimed in big bold type “The Birds is Coming”. Being in High School at the time I thought “Ahah, Gotcha!” They goofed. Alas, I was wrong. It was grammatically correct. Now how’s that for straying from a subject? True or not , this reminds me, for no apparent reason, of the grammatical controversy when Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ advertising campaign appeared The billboards and sides of Buses proclaimed in big bold type “The Birds is Coming”. Being in High School at the time I thought “Ahah, Gotcha!” They goofed. Alas, I was wrong. It was grammatically correct. Now how’s that for straying from a subject?

]]> By: flyingmachine http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com/?p=3710&cpage=1#comment-691 flyingmachine Wed, 19 May 2010 17:33:32 +0000 http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com/?p=3710#comment-691 "PS: This is a true story" According to wikipedia, the story of Rothschild and the stock exchange is a legend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mayer_Rothschild#Legend “PS: This is a true story”

According to wikipedia, the story of Rothschild and the stock exchange is a legend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mayer_Rothschild#Legend

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