Harriet

Jeffrey McDaniel

Spanish 1, English 0

The Spanish word for bird, pajaro, is much more accurate. Is there any word in English that is less appropriate than bird, rhyming with turd, weighed down by its er sound, its muddy consonants? Bird sounds like something that would fall down from the sky, not flitter upwards. Pajaro, with its three quick, airy vowel sounds is a superior word. One’s lips must flutter just to say it.

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