what kind of animal is a titmouse?

[isabeau]

is it a bird a rodent or an insect?

isabeau

 

[amk714]

I cheated and looked it up 😛 but I won't give it away. 😀

 

[isabeau]

tsk tsk not fair lol you cheater you

isabeau

 

[Mimi]

Without looking it up, I -think- its a bird. But since I did not look it up, I am most likely mistaken...LOL

Mimi

 

[Dr. Vollin]

Mimi is right - it's a bird.

 

[milagros317]

Definitely a bird.

Tufted titmouse:

Black-crested titmouse:

and there are several others, but I'm too lazy to post them all. 😀

 

[isabeau]

bingo Mimi wins and milagros how absolutely adorable.

isabeau

 

[Mimi]

 

[drew70]

And here all along I thought it was a special rodent that harbored a thirst for mother's milk.

 

[Ignatz]

Tit is an old Germanic word for "small" and is used in various northern European languages to refer to small objects, animals, or people, especially girls. For example, titta is a Norwegian dialect word for "little girl." The word is most common in American English in combinations that denote various small birds, such as the titmouse or tomtit. A titman in the 19th century could mean a small or stunted person, as Henry David Thoreau indicates when he calls his generation "a race of tit-men." Tit and titman are still used in New England, mostly by farmers to refer to the runt of a litter of pigs.
(from The American Heritage Dictionary )

 

[isabeau]

lmao drew and ignatz leave it to you to come up with that great definition. however where in that does it mention tit being slang for breast? when did that come into being?

isabeau

 

[Ignatz]

lmao drew and ignatz leave it to you to come up with that great definition. however where in that does it mention tit being slang for breast? when did that come into being?

isabeau

That's derived from the Old English word "titt." (It's a coincidence that it's pronounced the same as the word meaning "small.") One source says it's just a slangy pronounciation of "teat," which derives from the Old French. Seems to have been used in this sense in English since at least the 17th Century.

 

[isabeau]

makes sense to me ignatz i forgot about the teat

isabeau

 

[amk714]

Thanks for the info, Ignatz. I was wondering why an animal would be called a titmouse! That's almost as bad as Uranus.

 

[jugner]

There are a million of em in my yard all the time.

 

[some1somewhere]

never heard of it before. where does it normally live?

 

[isabeau]

in the air silly or in the sky sorry bad joke. actually i believe we have them here in this country. am i right people? or not

isabeau

 

[amk714]

never heard of it before. where does it normally live?

That depends on which kind of titmouse it is. Go here to find out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titmouse

 

[jugner]

Wow. Noone read my post, I said they're in my yard all the time.

 

[isabeau]

i read it jugner only after i had already posted the previous answer. sorry and thanks for replyin g

isabeau

 

[kurchatovium]

Are there any titbunnies or titkitties?

 

[amk714]

Wow. Noone read my post, I said they're in my yard all the time.

I read your post about them being in your yard all the time and understood what you were saying. But titmice (yes, that really is the plural 😛) are found all over the world, not just in Alabama. That's why I posted the link. And if you know they're found worldwide and you're only joking when you say no one read your post, I apologize for taking you seriously. I hope that makes sense. 😀

 

[amk714]

Are there any titbunnies or titkitties?

Perhaps. 😀

 

[kurchatovium]

How about titdoggies? 😉 😀 😀 😛

 

[jugner]

I read your post about them being in your yard all the time and understood what you were saying. But titmice (yes, that really is the plural 😛) are found all over the world, not just in Alabama. That's why I posted the link. And if you know they're found worldwide and you're only joking when you say no one read your post, I apologize for taking you seriously. I hope that makes sense. 😀

I did know, but some didn't know they were in this country, that I found curious. Isabeu explained though.