Ducks, ducks, quack quack, quack quack

[venta]

Hello. I've got into the rut where I'm stuck in the middle of writing a long LJ post, and haven't had time to finish it. Yet feel I can't post other things until I've finished it.

So in lieu of content, have a link. In the course of writing a smart-arse remark on G+, I discovered I needed to know the word for "of, or pertaining to, ducks". Like canine for dogs. But for ducks.

Google to the rescue! I found http://phrontistery.info/genitive.html, which claims to have 842 words for "of, or pertaining to, <random thing>". It is delightfully full of words you will almost never need. But when you do, that is just the word you need. (Of course, no one will understand it. But hey, they've got Google too!)

Isn't it great? (She added, erotetically.)

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Without going to look, I want to say it should be something like anatidine?

This bizarre word - if it is in fact correct - is brought to you by exposure to The Far Side 25 years ago; specifically the one about anatidaephobia.

(OK, now I've looked - anatine. Close enough. I see 'anatidine' gets quite a lot of google hits anyway!)

[exspelunca.livejournal.com]

So I followed the link and, scrolling down, my inner pedant came out to say that passerine pertains to a lot more birds than just spuggies.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Certainly does. Think I'd realised that I was at work and ought not to be faffing about on t'internet way before I got down to "p"!

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Very useful site, thanks.