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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Sat Jan 13, 2018, 05:11 PM Jan 2018

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Feathers fly as twitchers prepare for the Big Garden Birdwatch 2018

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Feathers fly as twitchers prepare for the Big Garden Birdwatch 2018 (Original Post) shenmue Jan 2018 OP

Is "twitcher" a Brit-ism for "birder"? n/t TygrBright Jan 2018 #1

Yes, a birdwatcher n/t TubbersUK Jan 2018 #2

Thanks! Like so many Brit-English idioms, delightfully evocative. n/t TygrBright Jan 2018 #3

TygrBright

(20,762 posts)

1. Is "twitcher" a Brit-ism for "birder"? n/t

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 05:26 PM

Jan 2018

TubbersUK

(1,439 posts)

2. Yes, a birdwatcher n/t

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 05:33 PM

Jan 2018

Twitcher:

The term originated in the 1950s, when it was used for the nervous behaviour of Howard Medhurst, a British birdwatcher.

TygrBright

(20,762 posts)

3. Thanks! Like so many Brit-English idioms, delightfully evocative. n/t

Reply to TubbersUK (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 06:15 PM

Jan 2018

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