Talk:Storm-petrel
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Is "Stormy Petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus" a different species from the one in the header of this article, and may we therefore expect another article disambiguated or otherwise? --Dieter Simon 17:38 21 May 2003 (UTC)
Yes, Dieter. You have been confused by a little bit of classic Anglo-centrisim. Hydrobates pelagicus is properly known as the European Storm Petrel but. with their usual unconcern for the rest of the word, those evil Europeans try to monopolise the term. I'll give you London to a brick ... er ... I mean Melbourne to a lump of mortar ... that it's just about universally known as the simply the "Storm Petrel" in the part of the world where the bathwater goes round the wrong way. Tannin
Sorry, Tannin, if I sounded a bit facetious. No, it wasn't the name of Storm petrel I was querying, why 'Storm Petrel' should be a red link in an article about Storm petrel, that's all. I have been here too long to think in German or any other European language. And I must put to the test water gurgling away the wrong way out of a bathtub, next time I am in Oz. And I do like Melbourne, it's a great city. Dieter Simon 23:00 24 May 2003 (UTC)
