Talk:peacow

RFV discussion: December 2023–June 2024
Alt form of pikau. Equinox ◑ 19:02, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Looks pretty suspicious to me. Who would spell an obvious Maori borrowing like that? Nothing in Google Books. Kiwima (talk) 22:15, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The quotation given on the OED website is "1990: They would arrive about lunchtime with peacows slung over their saddles. T. Watt, Wild Horses & Me 52" (this is the only quotation they have listed for this specific alternate form). Not 100% sure if that's enough, especially because it's more modern when other quotations listed for other variants are from 1836-1969, but it's worth noting at least. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 06:24, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This text is apparently T. Watt's self-published autobiography, so it's entirely possible he just didn't know how to spell a word that he had only ever heard spoken. This, that and the other (talk) 01:14, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * When you search for this word you get an incredible number of scannos, especially of Greek words like . I could only find one non-scanno use in IArchive: an artwork called Seacock, Peacow by a Welsh artist. This, that and the other (talk) 07:08, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

RFV-failed This, that and the other (talk) 01:14, 5 June 2024 (UTC)