Talk:owl

I think the entry for Basque (estrigiformeak) is wrong. The ending "-ak" is for plural and the first bit looks as the "Spanishized" form of zoological family "Strigiformes" for some owls. In Basque Country owls are too common birds so I don't really think there is not a properer/older Basque word for these interesting creatures.

Piolinfax 03:55 Jul 17, 2003 (UTC)

I´m sorry for that. I tried to fix it by looking it up in a dictionary. This is what I found on that other site. I don´t really know Basque or most of the other languages that where entered this way. I guess the entries will get corrected with time.

134.58.253.130 07:46 Jul 17, 2003 (UTC)

chawal owl?
added by IP, no hit on Google... Kipmaster 13:21, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Removed reference. —Stephen 15:13, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

owl
Questioned sense is:
 * 1) A message. This meaning is common among the fans of the Harry Potter book series in which owls are used to deliver mail.
 * He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic.

In the first place, aren't the message sent by actual owls (which would make the use non-idiomatic)? In the second place, is this used outside of fanfic references? --Jeffqyzt 20:38, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. It seems best left to the discussion page until somebody provides non-fanfic references for it.--Halliburton Shill 23:10, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

 Agreed, but you beat me to it. Similar to Trekkie terminology, not in general use.--Dmol 07:24, 26 September 2006 (UTC) Remove this is only used in Harry Potter and I've actually heard it used outside of the Books or Films. I agree, it should be moved to the talk page.--Williamsayers79 22:57, 12 October 2006 (UTC)