The Jarack bird.

#1 Coldnight

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Posted 17 June 2007 - 08:44 PM

Sorry if someone noticed it earlier but I'm just rereading RG and it struck me:
As I was never the one to doubt that Iskar Jarak was Whiskeyjack, now I wonder if the name of the nasty bird Udinass mentions to Seren Pedac is accidental (page 497).
Although "Iskar Jarak" seems only wrong pronaunced "Whiskeyjack" it still remains a bird (no matter that from some foreign continent). I know spelling is slightly different but anyway I find it funny. Thoughts?

#2 Dolorous Menhir

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Posted 18 June 2007 - 12:08 AM

It's definitive proof.

The Moranth call Whiskeyjack "Bird that Steals."

We learn that Jarack means a kind of bird.

A character called Iskar Jarack is a dead ringer for Whiskeyjack.

I don't think it could be any clearer that they are one and the same.

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Posted 18 June 2007 - 02:17 PM

Whiskeyjack is also a nickname for a speciaes of jay bird (related to blue jays).

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#4 Mael

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Posted 18 June 2007 - 03:47 PM

Abyss;195135 said:

Whiskeyjack is also a nickname for a speciaes of jay bird (related to blue jays).

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A Whiskeyjack is a type of "Jay" bird, AKA a Magpie which is a bird from the crow family. They eat pretty much anything and will take the sandwich right out of your hand if your not careful.

Hence the "Bird that steals".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Jay