They put out all this endless publicity about being old and wise, but they only say one thing and they can't even get the grammar of that right.
To-whit to-who?
Don't they know it should be to-whit to-whom???
Word To Use Today: owl. The Old English form of this word is ūle.
To be fair, it's only the Tawny Owl who says to-whit to-who, and it's only the male Tawny Owl which says the to-who bit.
photo by Joe Pell https://www.flickr.com/people/36381291@N04
The grammar of all other owls is, as far as I know, unexceptionable.
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