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What's in a Name?

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Why call a moth a ' setaceous Hebrew character or a flower a ' Betty-go-to-bed-at-noon '? And why a ' business of ferrets or a ' shrewdness of apes '? Names descriptive, collective, classical or colloquial have some very strange tales to tell. Presenter Denis Owen
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol

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Presenter:
Denis Owen
Producer:
Anne Blair
Source: Radio Times

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