Thursday, January 9, 2014

Are Birds Critters?

bldesprit / Foter.com / CC BY-ND
I have a question for my American friends: are birds "critters"?  My apartment association has distributed a strict edict.  We may not feed "the squirrels and other critters".

I has always assumed critters were things with fur, not feathers, but I do not want to attract the wrath of they who must be obeyed....
at

4 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 9, 2014 at 8:34 AM

    While bird can be an equal nuisance as "critters" they are not at all close to being like squirrels, chipmunks and others in their family! :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownJanuary 9, 2014 at 8:46 AM

    Nope. I agree with you that critters were animals with furs,so it's definitely not birds :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Lee RowanJanuary 15, 2014 at 2:05 PM

    "critter" is a slang term derived from "creature," and that means any animal can be one. I think a bird is a creature. Obviously a word whose usage is subjective

    http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=critter&searchmode=none

    ReplyDelete
  4. Balliang vet hospitalFebruary 22, 2019 at 7:45 AM

    Good post.:)

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)