You are right, sort of… the islands are properly called Las Canarias by the Spanish and were long known, as you spell it, as the Canaries. Somewhere along the linguistic line, they became the Canary Islands. The question of the day is: Are there really any Canary birds, aside from the odd caged pet, in Las Canarias ?
AKHenderson Premium Member about 12 years ago
So that’s where Twitter’s server is.
Superfrog about 12 years ago
Wasn’t there an outbreak of cherpes there recently?
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 12 years ago
The real answer is ’Dogs".
tahoeh2o about 12 years ago
Some of the best Cigars come from the Canary Islands…
mkd_1218 about 12 years ago
groannnnnnnnnn
IndyMan about 12 years ago
With answers like that, one wonders how ‘Skylar’ is as far into school as he is!
GROG Premium Member about 12 years ago
I don’t think there’s any chance of passing the grade.
rshive about 12 years ago
Among other things, I guess.
Linguist about 12 years ago
Many,many years ago, I owned a bar on Tenerife , called the Buccaneer. Back then, I had more twits than tweets, as patrons.
Linguist about 12 years ago
You are right, sort of… the islands are properly called Las Canarias by the Spanish and were long known, as you spell it, as the Canaries. Somewhere along the linguistic line, they became the Canary Islands. The question of the day is: Are there really any Canary birds, aside from the odd caged pet, in Las Canarias ?
danlarios about 12 years ago
I hope theres enough newspaper to cover the surface?
cipactli77 about 12 years ago
Banning Puddy Tats
burleigh2 about 12 years ago
Wow! Not many kids know that “tweeting” is actually what birds do! ;-)
medved about 12 years ago
You are right. They should ask what they are known for to whom.
Robert Gillespie about 12 years ago
@IndyManHaven’t you heard of “no child left behind!”?