Jim Frazier here. My wife, Kate Frazier, came up with the word. At the time, we were having fun with sniglets. I started using the term when I was doing the DBC hotline. And it just stuck. But Kate deserves credit.
Hi Jim - thank you so much for writing - I appreciate this clarification! Sniglets—I forgot about those and now will have to work that mention in somewhere. Everyone loves hearing about where the word fluddles came from.
Kate Frazier chiming in. I originally coined the word "fluddle" in a piece I wrote for Drummings, the DuPage Birding Club newsletter. I've long since deleted the file, but it would probably have been written circa 1993. The DBC used to maintain a hard copy newsletter archive, but I doubt it was ever converted to microfilm. You'll just have to take my word for it. :-)
Jim Frazier here. My wife, Kate Frazier, came up with the word. At the time, we were having fun with sniglets. I started using the term when I was doing the DBC hotline. And it just stuck. But Kate deserves credit.
Hi Jim - thank you so much for writing - I appreciate this clarification! Sniglets—I forgot about those and now will have to work that mention in somewhere. Everyone loves hearing about where the word fluddles came from.
Thanks for sharing this detail, Jim! I'll do an update on my newsletter about it and will mention Bob's documentary. And thanks for the shoutout, Bob!
Kate Frazier chiming in. I originally coined the word "fluddle" in a piece I wrote for Drummings, the DuPage Birding Club newsletter. I've long since deleted the file, but it would probably have been written circa 1993. The DBC used to maintain a hard copy newsletter archive, but I doubt it was ever converted to microfilm. You'll just have to take my word for it. :-)