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On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:28, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 03:04, Luke wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:03, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> > > On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 02:10, Tom Wrona wrote: |
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> > > See definition 3. Cows *can* be male because otherwise there's no name |
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> > > for the kind of animal that the black and white male grass-eating thing |
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> > > is. :) You can call them a "bull", but what kind of animal are they? |
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> > > No, they're not "moos", they're cows. Even the males. |
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> > Cattle. |
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> Yes, but that's a plural noun. What's the singular form? And don't |
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> tell me "cat" or "bovine creature" as seemant did on irc :) |
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> Larry is a _____. (fill in the blank) |
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> Best Regards, |
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The singular is a beast. |
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Luke |