[Ads-l] waddle

[Wilson Gray]

> Smith was a popular, widely syndicated sports columnist.

Surely, an explanation of who Bill Stern was is not yet necessary!

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:58 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2021 _New Yorker_ (Jan. 25) 4: A group of penguins in the water is called a
> raft - on land, they become a waddle.
>
> OED has "raft" for aquatic birds from 1709, but no "waddle" of anything.
> How little know they of our native tongue!
>
> 1963 Red Smith, in _Philadelphia Inquirer_ (Jan. 18) 37: Mr. Lillis
> imported a waddle of penguins who lined up at the clubhouse gate in their
> snappy thermal attire and were the first clients admitted.
>
> 2004  Richard Spilsbury and Louise Spilsbury _A Rookery of Penguins_
> (Chicago: Heinemann) 29:  What is a waddle of penguins? Some people call a
> group of penguins a waddle, because of the way they walk.
>
> Smith was a popular, widely syndicated sports columnist. Many zoo people
> must have read this column.
>
> JL
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