A warm hello!

[Water]

Hi everyone, I just joined. Hope all of you are doing great, along with your parrot-kids! Well, actually I have been browsing this site for quite some time before finally joining. I have got great tips to handle my Alexandrine, on here. She is about 5 (I actually forgot the year she came in), doing great. Could be really noisy, sometimes. No formal training given, but she doesn't bite or behave badly, much. Thankfully, just once I had to take her to the vet. So far.
Here's hoping to talk about our Mithoo more, here, and would love to talk to all of you too!
-A

[Wolf]

Howdy ! Glad that you decided to quit lurking in the shadows and join us, does your have a name or do we get to make one up ? LoL

[Water]

Haha, Wolf! Lurking! Well-put!
And you mean the name of my Alex? Mithoo! It's a common name given to parrots here.

[Wolf]

I must apologise as I did not know that Mithoo was his name. I don't know anything about the language(es) spoken in India.

[Water]

Hey take it easy! Nobody's blamin' anyone!

[Wolf]

Oh, I am not upset or anything, I am not easily offended , but I do try to be considerate of others. It's all good !

[Pajarita]

Welcome, Water and Mithoo! Is Mithoo the same as Mithu, meaning 'sweet'?

[Water]

Hiya Pajarita! Thanks! Yeah, Mithoo is the same as Mithu. It is kinda a variation of the word "meetha" or "meethi", which mean "sweet", in the Hindi language.

[shiraartain]

Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to hearing about you and your parrot!

I speak Urdu (language very similar to Hindi), and I never made the connection between the words. This explains why my dad started saying "Sweetie" to our new parrots when I warned him Fajr might get jealous if he used "Mitthu" for them as well. (Fajr uses "mitthu" as his flock call)

[Water]

Hi S, I know about Urdu. It originated in India itself! Where are you from? And that's a great grand name for a parrot! Love it. Hope to talk to you more.