We’re all adults here, right?

 

 

We can say words from one country that have different implications in other countries without sniggering.

 

The word at hand is tit.  A tit is a small mostly European bird.  They’re a lot like our chickadees.  There are many different kinds and we have seen several this trip.  The Great Tit is not big, but it is the biggest of the ones we’ve seen.

 

 

Blue tit.  Slightly smaller.

 

 

We also saw Coal Tits; they look almost exactly like our black-capped chickadees at home in the U.S.  And long-tailed tits; they look a lot like our bushtits at home.

 

Good for us.  We’re mature enough to have made it through without giggling.  Even though, when I hear the woman’s voice on the loudspeaker for the underground announcing the train stops, I still flinch when I hear her say Cockfosters.  I know, it doesn’t mean anything, but it just feels wrong to say it out loud.