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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by payam81
The bird on the tail is called Silver Kris, however Kris is the name for the ceremonial Malay dagger and unrelated to any bird but SQ chose to call it that.
A Kris is a dagger, yes, but where is the source that says that SQ called the bird on the tail a Silver Kris? (please don't say Wikipedia )

I always thought it was a silver kris was a silver dagger (doh!), and the bird on the tail was a golden goose...
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