It’s official: A koala is not a koala “bear”
According to the incredibly awesome Catherine Eibner, I’m going to TechEd Australia!! And I found this out on the same day that I donated the last of my advance on my book royalties, bringing the Save Waveland Scholarship Fund to $29,008.34 cents. Thank you everyone for voting to get me down to Australia.
I will be giving two talks on Visual Studio IDE Tips (300lv) and A Tour of CodePlex (200lv).
“Koalas”
And for now on, I must say “Koalas” and not “Koala bears” (unless I’m talking about my stuffed animal Koala bear because that’s like 29 years of hard-wiring in my head that isn’t going to change overnight).
Picture from http://cuteoverload.com/2006/09/05/the_good_peeps_/
According to Wikipedia, Koalas are marsupials. And,
Although the koala is not a bear, when first adopted by English speakers, the name koala bear became popular, as this roughly evoked the species' similarity in appearance to the Teddy bear, to people unfamiliar with it. Although taxonomically incorrect, the name koala bear is still in use today outside Australia[5] — its use is discouraged because of the inaccuracy in the name.
I’m hoping I’ll have time to play tourist and go to a Koala park and see them for real. OMG that would so rule.
And lastly, a quick heart-felt shout out thank you note to everyone who voted. I so love that CodePlex banner.
