Re: Res: Res: [tied] Reindeer domestication : two origins

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 62085
Date: 2008-12-15

--- On Mon, 12/15/08, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> wrote:

> From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
> Subject: Res: Res: [tied] Reindeer domestication : two origins
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 4:40 PM
> I propose to discuss this meaning: why should
> "cow" be named something like the
> "horned"? In opposition to what? Cows are not
> "more horned" than oxen or bulls? Maybe in
> opposition to does? Maybe this name was originally applied
> to aurochs cows (I don't know if wild cows were horned
> or hornless).

In English, "cow" is also used generically as a singular of "cattle", regardless of gender
not just for female cattle

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