corsican nidic hi perl i didn't know if you'd seen the response to your question so i moved it here as the village pump is getting too large mar utc on my userpage i include the corsican proverb quandu ellu canta lu cuccu muta p lu lu singhjari e la gallina faci l'ovu senza mancu nidic lu this translates to when the cuckoo sings the wild boar changes skin pelt and the hen is able to lay an egg without the same nidic i don't know what the corsican word nidic means and the quote doesnt make that much sense either anyone know enough corsican to help me out mar utc perhaps nest nidus means nest in latin and nid is nest in french mar utc thats what my brother guessed this afternoon i think that makes the most sense the meaning of the proverb however still doesnt make sense to me mar utc i presume this proverb has something to do with the fact that the cuckoo lays her egg in the nest of another bird mar utc