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  1. May 2023
  2. Aug 2022
    1. Lyrebirds

      This is an example of kenning as naming--putting two words together into one, like a portmanteau word. It was more common in the Anglo-Saxon language. Here, the bird is a lyre--an instrument that must sound like its song. However, this is also a word that sounds like "liar," and perhaps there is something deceptive about this bird, such as camouflage.