Speranza
On top of that, there's Kripke.
So that morn of March 16, 1703,
Sewall said,
"The Robbins cheerfully utter their Notes this morn."
He was _naming_ the Turdus migratorius "Robbin" (now spelt "Robin") and he *knew* it.
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It is still different with Chaucer:
C. Riggs:
"I found a 1374 Chaucerian reference for Robin in my OED. I'll get more
detail if you like, but now it is time for tea."
-- For the use of 'Robin' to mean the Old World (as I prefer) thing (Erithacus rubecula, if you mustn'nt) is fanciful in nature (or something).
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