The word 'dodo' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an extinct flightless bird, or figuratively, to refer to something outdated, obsolete, or foolish. Example: His attempts to operate the latest technology were like trying to teach a dodo to fly.
The Dutch managed to exterminate the poor dodo, but they did create the fascinating cultural blend that exists today.
A dodo, or the old Labour party.
(For an overexcited moment he thought he had rediscovered the dodo).
Plenty of languages among them Akkadian, Etruscan, Tangut and Chibcha have gone the way of the dodo, without causing much trouble to posterity.
The duck might yet turn out to be a dodo.* One of my favourite stories concerns the scientist arguing with a religious man on this issue.
"Defined-benefit plans are going the way of the dodo," says Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia.
Alan Pifer, the foundation's president after Gardner, has likened traditional foundations such as his to the dodo, saying that they now need to develop "slim bodies and well-developed wings".
Rumours of a miss had already cropped 9% from the share price since December 23rd.In this section Kings of the road Charging into America A cure for the Big Blues Fluffed lines No farewell to arms Sailing into headwinds Because it's no longer worth it From dodo to phoenix ReprintsUnlike the autocue, Samsung Electronics has not gone phut.
A world of scarce capital and volatile economies is one to which the conglomerate is well adapted.Not all will flyBut this does not guarantee that every dodo will become a phoenix.
THE phrase "dead as a dodo" may soon be endangered.
If the India tax trade does go the way of the dodo, the island will probably bounce back, just as it did after the decline of its sugar and textile industries, with a mix of organisation and forward thinking.
