Passing through the park in the city centre on Monday this week, when the weather was summery and warm, I noticed this group of girls hanging out peacefully with a flock of doves.
A question for my readers from various corners of the world:
Do you call them doves or pigeons?
The internet tells me there's no difference:
They're all from the same big “Columbidae” family of birds. “Pigeon” is simply the name the French gave to them – from the Latin “pipio” for the peeping sound chicks made. Meanwhile, “dove” was named by Germans – for the bird's diving action. But there's no difference.
In Swedish we call them "duvor" (sing. duva, pl. duvor).
The German word is Taube; and Swedish is more closely related to German than to French.
Linking to Skywatch Friday and Weekend Street/Reflections.
