Say Poult
I like Saturdays. Don't ask we why. I just do. Always have been special, whether I'm working or not. Fun, like this flying ferris wheel, high in the sky. Ok, wait a minute two wild turkeys just walked through the back yard dragging along 15 baby turkeys. Fifteen! So I scrambled to the Internet. What do we call baby turkeys? They are called poults. I, as many do, often curse the time I spend on my computer, but I've got to say it does put the world, we live in, at our fingertips. It took me less than 10 seconds, literally, to find the word poult. Without this machine in my lap, I would have been digging through an encyclopedia (remember them) for 10 minutes or so and would be lucky to decipher anything. I read about flocks and herds all the time but poults? That's a new one for me. In five minutes time, they had moved diagonally through the yard and were gone.
See Saturdays are special.
Why?
I'll tell you some other time.
Today, I'm going to relish this new word.
Poult.
Baby anything should be a 'cute' word, like bunnies or puppies. Poult? Seriously?
ReplyDeletei, too, spend too much time at the laptop, but enjoy viewing the world here. :)
ReplyDeletePoult.... it was my job as a youngster to take care of the chickens, which we of course raised for food! I also love Saturdays, although when retired, it is often Saturday. ;-)
ReplyDeleteTook me about as long to discover how to pronounce it, Birdman. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt truly is amazing how quickly we can find information on the Internet.
ReplyDeleteMy Saturday is off to a flying start now that I've heard the great turkey adventure.
ReplyDeleteInteresting word. It can apply to a number of baby fowl, but especially to turkeys. I've heard it before, but couldn't have dredged it up. I also love Saturdays. A day to go play.
ReplyDeleteI also like old hotels, and this one is a jewel. It has had a most sensitive renovation with little expense spared. Now owners must struggle to keep the rooms filled so they organized special events like dinners and bringing in great bands.
No pics of the turkey clan?
ReplyDeleteAgree with you that the world is at our finger tips when we have a computer handy. Amazing advance from the days of searching through books. I use the internet for most of my searching and I also find great info along the way while I am searching. -- barbara
ReplyDeleteThat's the first time I've heard that word.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of 'poult' and I am not sure I will remember it. By the way, this text box is signaling it in red, like an error!
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel chained to my computer, get impatient, but I love the darned thing. The internet has satisfied even the more esoteric curiosities I conjure. And much more other stuff, too.
ReplyDeleteHooray for Saturdays. They're great even without the need for a weekend.
Birdman, you will soon discover that your life now consists of seven Saturdays a week! Maybe that is a poult of Saturdays.
ReplyDeleteI love Saturdays too.
ReplyDeleteAnd now, thanks to the Internet, I too know what a poult is. I never ever regret a thing about the Internet. I love it. I only wish it were the time of "Her" and I could have an OS love affair. :)
ReplyDeletePoult. Thanks for the new word. xx
ReplyDeleteIt must have been fun seeing those little poults. I would never be able to learn French as I am doing without the Internet, just amazing. Pretty photo, I always loved ferris wheels from the ground...Tried it up there, nuh-uh.
ReplyDeleteLove books but also love the internet for the same reasons you mention.
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