A few nice species ducks images I found:
“Ey up mi duck..Aya gorra weeya?..It’s black uvver Bill’s mother’s..Nesh..Who’s mashing?..Thiz summat up wee im ..Gorra bag on..
Image by H?????l? P??t???????©
Captured AS SEEN MY WAY… Just the colours lighting and the reflections caught my eye espesially the yellow beak on the male…
Ey up mi duck" is a well loved greeting in the East Midlands. But talking to native East Midlanders in their distinctive dialect can be a mesmerising experience for outsiders.
It’s often hard to pick up the twang in the voice or that extraordinary turn of phrase.
But the East Midlands takes fantastic pride in its distinctive dialect as Inside Out finds out on a linguistic tour of the region.
Ey up mi duck!
The East Midlands is renowned for its distinctive dialects from the Derbyshire brogue to Nottingham’s no-nonsense style of talking.
East Midlands Dialect
Test your information of Midlands dialect:
Ay (or ey) up mi duck – hello there!
Aya gorra weeya? – is the wife with you?
It’s black uvver Bill’s mother’s – it looks like rain
Coggie – swimming costume
Croaker – doctor
Duck’s necks – bottle of lemonade
Gorra bag on – in a terrible mood
Laropped – drunk
Nesh – cold
Ancient cock – friend or mate
Page owl – single woman out alone at night
Skants – pants
The rally – the railway line
Thiz summat up wee im – I reckon he may be ill
Who’s mashing? – who’s making the cups of tea
Despite the fading of ancient traditions and huge shifts in how we communicate globally, it appears that dialect and accents are subdue going strong in the East Midlands.
Much of the dialect developed in rural communities and in the industrial heartlands of the region.
Mining communities in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire were renowned for their use of dialect.
At a time when regions are bringing up the rear some of their traditional dialect, the East Midlands is keen to retain its cultural identity and linguistic style.
Although some words are dying out, East Midlanders are keen to celebrate their local language.
Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. The ducks are divided between several subfamilies listed in full in the Anatidae article; they do not speak for a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots.
The word duck comes from Ancient English *d?ce, a derivative of the verb *d?can "to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive", because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending; compare with Dutch duiken and German tauchen "to dive".This word replaced Ancient English æned "duck", favored by æned presumably developing into a homophone of the outcome of Ancient English ende "end". Other Germanic languages subdue have similar words for "duck", for example, Dutch eend "duck" and German Ente "duck". The word æned was inherited from Proto-Indo-European; compare: Latin anas "duck", Lithuanian ántis "duck", Ancient Greek n?ssa/n?tta (?????, ?????) "duck", and Sanskrit ?tí "water bird", among others.Some public use "duck" specifically for adult females and "drake" for adult males, for the species described here; others use "hen" and "drake", respectively.A duckling is a childish duck in downy plumage or baby duck. but in the food trade childish adult ducks ready for roasting are sometimes marked "duckling".The overall body plot of ducks is elongated and broad, and the ducks are also relatively long-necked, albeit not as long-necked as the geese and swans. The body shape of diving ducks varies somewhat from this in life more rounded. The bill is usually broad and contains serrated lamellae which are particularly well defined in the filter-feeding species. In the case of some fishing species the bill is long and strongly serrated. The scaled legs are strong and well developed, and commonly set far back on the body, more so in the highly aquatic species. The wings are very strong and are commonly small and pointed, and the flight of ducks requires quick continuous strokes, requiring in turn strong wing muscles. Three species of steamer duck are very nearly flightless, but. Many species of duck are temporarily flightless while moulting; they seek out protected habitat with excellent food supplies during this period. This moult typically precedes migration.The drakes of northern species often have extravagant plumage, but that is moulted in summer to give a more female-like appearance, the "eclipse" plumage. Southern resident species typically show less sexual dimorphism, although there are exceptions like the Paradise Shelduck of New Zealand which is both strikingly sexually dimorphic and where the female’s plumage is brighter than that of the male. The plumage of juvenile birds commonly resembles that of the female.
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4 Species of Duck
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That pink object is an upside down colour changing duck! When it cools down, it is purple.
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