From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DMARC_REJECT,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from lupinella.troll.no (lupinella.troll.no [213.203.59.59]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9926CABD9F for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:28:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from lupinella.troll.no ([213.203.59.59]:30348 "EHLO tundra" ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE[2]") by trolltech.com with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 01:28:25 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Luke To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Larry the Cow Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:23:43 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <004701c1e51e$de3b6aa0$81b22744@mnhwkn01.nj.comcast.net> <200204161904.28529.spooq@yahoo.com> <1018949333.15315.16.camel@inventor.gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <1018949333.15315.16.camel@inventor.gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200204170923.43938.spooq@yahoo.com> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: f600c50a-602e-4626-943c-e3c39bf13743 X-Archives-Hash: 731f710714b465c83acff8fa3d2b3333 On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:28, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 03:04, Luke wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:03, Daniel Robbins wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 02:10, Tom Wrona wrote: > > > > > > See definition 3. Cows *can* be male because otherwise there's no name > > > for the kind of animal that the black and white male grass-eating thing > > > is. :) You can call them a "bull", but what kind of animal are they? > > > No, they're not "moos", they're cows. Even the males. > > > > Cattle. > > Yes, but that's a plural noun. What's the singular form? And don't > tell me "cat" or "bovine creature" as seemant did on irc :) > > Larry is a _____. (fill in the blank) > > Best Regards, And I dont care what the dictionary says, you visit a beef farmer in Queensland and point to a bull and call it a cow and he'll laugh at you. -- Luke