Polly is the name English speakers treat as a typical parrot’s name. If you picture a parrot talking, you can almost hear “Pretty Polly” — that is the line people have taught birds, and the line old poems, toys, and cartoons kept repeating. Children in English-speaking countries grew up with it, so the name on a parrot can feel like a joke everyone already knows.

PollyPolly is the name是那個名字， English speakers treat as a typical parrot’s name英文使用者把它當成典型的鸚鵡名字。If you picture a parrot talking如果你想像一隻鸚鵡在講話， you can almost hear “Pretty Polly”幾乎可以聽到「Pretty Polly」這句話—— that is the line people have taught birds那是人們教鸚鵡講的一句話， and the line old poems, toys, and cartoons kept repeating也是舊詩、玩具和卡通一直重複的一句話。Children in English-speaking countries英語系國家的小孩 grew up with it從小聽這句話長大， so the name on a parrot can feel like a joke everyone already knows所以一隻鸚鵡叫 Polly，感覺就像大家都懂的一個老笑話。

Though actually, Polly is also a real person’s name. It began as a pet form of Mary, by rhyming with Molly, which is another pet form of Mary. So a woman can be Polly, and a parrot can be Polly, from the same nickname.

Though actually不過其實， Polly is also a real person’s namePolly 也是一個真實的人名。It began as a pet form of Mary它最早是 Mary 的暱稱形式， by rhyming with Molly跟 Molly 押韻而來， which is another pet form of Mary而 Molly 也是 Mary 的另一個暱稱。So a woman can be Polly所以一個女生可以叫 Polly， and a parrot can be Polly一隻鸚鵡也可以叫 Polly， from the same nickname都是同一個暱稱來的。

When someone says “Pretty Polly,” they almost always mean the bird, not a girl in the room.

When someone says “Pretty Polly,”當有人說「Pretty Polly」的時候， they almost always mean the bird他們幾乎都是在講那隻鳥， not a girl in the room而不是房間裡的哪個女生。