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| From: | "Thomas M. Beaudry" <k8la@×××××××××.com> | ||
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| To: | Gavin Jones <gavin@××××××××.net> | ||
| Cc: | gentoo-dev@g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Larry the Cow | ||
| Date: | Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:59:46 | ||
| Message-Id: | 3D9B09F2.6070100@myrealbox.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] Larry the Cow by Gavin Jones |
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| 1 | > Just one question, "Larry" the cow, surely a cow is female and a bull is male ? |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Wow, you're right. I was about to argue with you but decided to follow |
| 4 | my own advice and look it up first. According to the Oxford dictionary |
| 5 | it's a female bovine at least one year old that has given birth. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | So, is there a non-sex implying term other than bovine? I can't find |
| 8 | one. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | -- |
| 12 | Thomas M. Beaudry |
| 13 | k8la / ys1ztm |
| Subject | Author |
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| [gentoo-dev] Re: Larry the Cow | Paul <set@×××××.com> |