Re: The Fish and Chips

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"Eddie Oliver" <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
> >
> > "Graham Smith" <dysonsmith@idx.com.au> wrote in message
> > 3adec993@news1.idx.com.au">news:3adec993@news1.idx.com.au...
> > > The original driver for the train known as The Fish was a man named
Heron,
> > > so in the Cockney - cum - Australian style of nicknaming his train
became
> > > known as The Fish.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > A "heron" is a bird, not a fish.
>
> The popular view is that  "heron" was corrupted to "herring". However
> perhaps it was actually because herons CATCH fish.
>
> Eddie

[OT] Probably explains why an ex-boss of mine, whose name was Herron (close
enough), took a sickie from work one day to go fishing.