So: what colour do you think the robin T shirt was?

European robin, photo by Thomas Bresson

American robin, photo by Sujit kumar

Indian robin

Siberian robin, photo by Francesco Verones

Thai robin, photo by JJ Harrison
Yep...
...bright turquoise.
I'm still trying to work that one out.
Word To Use Today: robin. This word came into being in the 1500s when someone suddenly decided that the bird looked like a Robin (as in the man's name, eg Robin Hood).
As far as I can see we could just as easily have been calling them Egberts.
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