Comments on: Egyptian Goose https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Meghan Aldape https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-550617 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:43:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-550617 You are my intake, I have few blogs and often run out from brand :). “To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.” by Jorge Luis Borges.

]]> By: joyce wyman https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2327 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:16:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2327 I was given a pair of egytian geese male and female.The female disappeared. That was 5years ago. My male loves my blue swedish duck and he gets along well with her. I feel sorry for him because he does not have his own species to mate. I have looked all over to see if I could find a female but no luck.He seems happy being alone but I still feel sorry for him. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Laelaps https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2326 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:46:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2326 While crossing campus I often have to be careful not to step on Canada goos… Most lawns here have all the Canada goo you would ever want to see.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2325 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:36:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2325 I believe that it is Canada goose because the common name is derived from or linked to the scientific name. Canadensis is latin for “Canada” not “Canadian.”

]]> By: The Ridger https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2324 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:54:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2324 After doing a bit of poking around and discovering that the name was completely commonplace as far back as 1722, I am going to assume it’s Canada not Canadian because the name predates Canada’s being a country.And the confusion is because most people have internalized the rule and know it sounds “funny”.I’m satisfied. 😉

]]> By: The Ridger https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2323 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:19:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2323 But why is that? With countries it’s the adjectival form – as Egyptian (goose), German (short-haired pointer), Hawaiian (goose)(used to be a country), etc. It’s smaller units that take the noun modification.I’m not arguing the usage – I’m just wondering why.

]]> By: mark https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2322 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:21:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2322 Around here, we have Canada geese, plus Canadian Canada geese (they’re the ones that go home in the spring).

]]> By: DDeden https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2321 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:40:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2321 Out here on the left coast, Aleutian (not Aleut) Goose.

]]> By: Christopher Taylor https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2320 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:08:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2320 “Canada goos”, I’m guessing, is a popular marshmallowy confection made with maple syrup.The Egyptian goose is also a member of the shelducks/sheldgeese (Tadornini) rather than of the geese proper like the Canada goose (Anserini), so phylogenetically it can be called more of a duck than a goose.

]]> By: Scott Belyea https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2319 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:19:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/27/egyptian-goose/#comment-2319

But it is Canada goos, not Canadian goose.

Good try!! 🙂

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