Sea World in Queensland, Australia has changed the name of “fairy penguins” to “little penguins” to avoid offending the gay community. Yet the gay community describes the name change as ridiculous and unnecessary.
Kamahl Fox, chairman of gay support group Gold Coast Breakers was quoted as saying, "If they were called poofter penguins or something more direct, it might be a problem.”
Infomaniac readers may recall reading about Little Penguins in my previous “Penguin Sweaters” posting.
Meanwhile, over at BirdForum.net, they had a gay old time discussing other PC bird names.
e.g. Canada Goose (offensive to Canadians)
Common Loon (insensitive to the mentally challenged)
what about the Titmouse or the Boobie??... those are pretty offensive to a shy and sheltered person such as myself
ReplyDeleteAnd the woodcock.
ReplyDeletethen you're gonna hate the latin name of the starling- 'turdus turdus'. accurate, though. those wacky latin guys.
ReplyDeletei love rockin little pengys!
First Nations: And I thought the latin name for "Robin" was funny... Turdus migratorius. The starling has one-upped the robin.
ReplyDeletethe latin name of the canada goose should be "hokusaiwaveus turditorious notorious" judging by what they did to my car this last fall. don't even start me on the damn trumpeter swans.
ReplyDeleteha...turdus
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