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they are named robin because brits in the 1400's called them "robert" an account of they are just some familiar guy who shows up in your yard (lemmy.today)
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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

magpie = Maggie (Margaret) + pie

where pie (/pye) meant "magpie" (a name of a bird variously applied to cuckoos, woodpeckers, jays and modern magpies).

so it's more like saying "Johnny Cardinal" or "Jane Crow"