BAUplan (sort of)

Real life [tm] is still eating my time somewhat fierce. There's virtually no creative timeslot left this week or the next (this is a coffee break, in case you wonder). The only thing I still manage regularly is red-inking Family Matters for the final version. That's a nice "bedtime read", so to speak. I'm at chapter 19 now.

BAU and Mariko will continue once I catch up with my schedule and return to a bearable workload-a-day thingy. (Or when my muse throws a fit and forces me to write beforehand, or else!)

Pigeon vs. Dove

solo posed this surprisingly interesting question in an LJ-poll: Is there a difference between pigeons and doves?

The answer apparently depends on perspective:

Taxonomy: the same (more or less)
pigeon and dove are used to describe birds belonging to the columbidae bird family. The nomenclature isn't strict. The common pigeon found in cities is the domestic form of the rock dove, so there...

Linguistics: (probably) different
Pigeon: French
Dove is somewhat similar to the German word for both: "Taube"

Connotation: different
Pigeon is a nuisance,
dove is a symbol of peace.

Personally, I like the practical explanation:

If it shits on your car, it's a pigeon.
If it coos to your declaration of love, it's a dove.
If it shits on your car while cooing to your declaration of love, you're out of luck.
(Is it a doveon or a pigove, then?). ;)