Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 08:25:40 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: Wigeon -v- Widgeon Redux Again In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit And what about the Grumman G-44A Widgeon? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Scott Michaud > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:16 PM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] Wigeon -v- Widgeon Redux Again > > > Just to add fuel to the flames, according to the Oxford English > Dictionary (note that the Australians called it a Widgeon as well...): > > Widgeon, wigeon, sb. Forms: 6 wegyon, -ion, wygeon, wigion, 6?7 wigen, > widgen, -in, 7 -me, wldg(e)ing, widgion, 6-. wigeon, 7? widgeon. [Of > difficult etymology.The form suggests a French origin (cf. pigeon), > but no appropriate Fr. forms are evidenced as early as the English > word or with the required meaning; cf vigeon a West Indian duck (1667 > Dui Tertre, Hist. Gen. > des Antilles II. 277), of which there is a nasalized form vingeon (x) > widgeon in Eastern dial., (2) a duck of Madagascar (1771 Dict. de > Trivoux); > beside which there are gingeon ?sorte de canard qu?on trouve dans les > grandes Antilles? (1832 Raymond Dictl. Gen.), and Angevin dial. digeon > widgeon. > F. vigeon and It. bibbio wild duck have been referred to L. vipio kind of > crane, but this derivation is very dubious. The various extant > forms suggest > the possibility of a series of formations with suffix -io(nem) on parallel > onomatopoetic bases, piu-, biu-, viu-, diu-, giu.- (cf. WHEW, WHEWER).] > 1. A wild duck of the genus Mareca, esp. M. penelope of Europe > and northern > Asia; other species are M. americana of N. America and M. sibilatrix of > southern S. America. (Collective pl. in later use usually widgeon: cf. > teal.) > 1513 Bk. Keruyuge in Babees Bk. 279 In the second course > ?chekyns, pygyons, > teeles, wegyons, mallardes. I~4 TURNER Avium Prwcfrs. C ~, Quum multm sint > aues aqua. tic~ anati smules, sed Ininores, ut sunt, tebe uocat~ ab AngUs > Vuigeiie & pochard~, 1591 HARINGTOr. Or!. Fur. Pref., At my Lord Maiors > dinner they say he would put up a widgen for his supper. 1604 E. > G(tciMsTosr) tr. D?~4cosla?s His!, Indies xii. xvi. 170 Great numbers of > wilde.duckes and wigens. 1655 Moufet & Bennet Health?s Improv. xii. 107 > Teals and Widgins. .commonly. .are very fat and sweet of taste. > 1703 DAMPIER > kay. 111. ~ Wigeon and Teal also are said to be in great plenty here. 1774 > GOLDSM. Nat. Hist. (1776) VI. 139 The Lincolnshire decoys. principally > contribute to supply the markets of London with wild-fowl. ?the number of > ducks, wigeon, and teal, that are sent thither is amazing. 1788 Encycl, > .Brit. 1. 662/I The American wigeon . ?is rather bigger than our wigeon. > 1877 Black Green Past. xl, In this bountiful and beneficent land, flowing > over with broiled bluefish, Carolina widgeon, (etc.]. x886 > PAYNE-GALLWEY Bk. > Duck Decoys 17A Decoy?by means of which wildfowl, such as Wigeon, Mallard, > and Teal, are caught alive. 1901 Shooting Times 22 June 21/2 On > Lough Neagh, > the wigeon is known as the ?grass. wigeon? or the ?grass-duck?. > This may be > due to its habit of feeding on the grassy sward along the shores. > b. Locally applied to various wild ducks of other genera: see quots. > x668 CHARLETON Onomast. 99 Anas: Fusca... the Redheaded Widgeon. 1676 Ray > Willughby?s Ornith. III 288 The Pochard or great red.headed Wigeon. 1885 > Swainson Prov. Names Birds 155 In Shropshire every species of wild duck, > with the exception of Anas boscas, is called wigeon. 1898 Morris Austral > Engl,, Widgeon, the common English name for a Duck of the genus Mareca, > extended generally by sportsmen to any wild duck. 1901 Shooting Times 22 > June 21/2 The pochard is distinguished by the name of the ?red.headed > wigeon? or ?stone wigeon?. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar ? includes FREE pop-up > blocking! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================