Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting

Re:Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour k... by INTPenis on Monday June 07, 2021 @04:27AM (#27420306)

Schild means shield btw. I had a friend with a schild name and for the longest time pronounced it "child" without them correcting me. I felt so embarrassed when I realized it means shield.

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Re:Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour k... by Grustaf on Monday June 07, 2021 @04:44AM (#27420398)

That's how the ending is usually pronounced in English though. Consider how Americans say "Rothschild".

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Re:Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour k... by meowface on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:15AM (#27421228)

Rothschild means "red shield", for anyone curious.

The full etymology:

>The name is derived from the German zum rothen Schild (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "at the red shield", in reference to the house where the family lived for many generations (in those days houses were designated not by numbers but by signs displaying different symbols or colours).

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Re:Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour k... by INTPenis on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:47AM (#27420719)

Yes but I'm swedish and should know better! :D

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Re:Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour k... by karmakaze on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:39AM (#27423150)

Good to know. Makes it even more interesting: the event horizon we can't see past.

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