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Post by chuckbert on Feb 3, 2011 22:42:43 GMT
May I suggest that that link is dodgy. Whoever wrote it hasn't got a clue about biology/genetics and that part makes no sense. The OXford English Dictionary says: a. A large cloven-hoofed, often horned ruminant mammal, Bos taurus (family Bovidae), derived from the extinct Eurasian aurochs and long domesticated for its milk, meat, and hide; a cow, a bull; (in pl.) cattle. Freq. spec.: a castrated adult male of this animal, esp. as used as a draught animal; a bullock.
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Post by scoob on Feb 3, 2011 23:06:18 GMT
May I suggest that that link is dodgy. Whoever wrote it hasn't got a clue about biology/genetics and that part makes no sense. The OXford English Dictionary says: a. A large cloven-hoofed, often horned ruminant mammal, Bos taurus (family Bovidae), derived from the extinct Eurasian aurochs and long domesticated for its milk, meat, and hide; a cow, a bull; (in pl.) cattle. Freq. spec.: a castrated adult male of this animal, esp. as used as a draught animal; a bullock. Doesn't that mean an Ox can be almost anything that remotely resembles a cow/bull?
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Post by scoob on Feb 3, 2011 23:09:03 GMT
I've been doing some amateur profiling of forum members to see if the culprit is among our ranks. Notice the " speech marks" on "gotta love art"? My conclusion is that "beav" done it with his obsession with speechmarks.. Do I get a reward? Yep you can choose which part of the Ox Beav gets attached to, oh, and where on his anatomy! (I think I know what most of you are thinking now - OUCH).
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Post by chuckbert on Feb 4, 2011 15:29:22 GMT
Doesn't that mean an Ox can be almost anything that remotely resembles a cow/bull? Pretty much, but that most frequent use is for a beast of burden which is typically castrated. Bullock and steer are more widely used terms for de-podded bulls. Not that I'm a cattle fetishist or anything ... Just someone with access to the OED.
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Post by Belgian Yellow on Apr 8, 2011 23:55:42 GMT
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Post by Beav on Apr 9, 2011 0:16:39 GMT
I've been doing some amateur profiling of forum members to see if the culprit is among our ranks. Notice the " speech marks" on "gotta love art"? My conclusion is that "beav" done it with his obsession with speechmarks.. Do I get a reward? Yep you can choose which part of the Ox Beav gets attached to, oh, and where on his anatomy! (I think I know what most of you are thinking now - OUCH). Only just seen this. Did I do it? Hmmmm
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