On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:00:28 -0800, i18n@... <i18n@...> wrote:

> Seriously, can you offer an example of a popular text (or even
> non-popular one) where birds or fish were referred to as either separate
> from animals or something other then animals?

I plead fatigue, but you might try some magazines from the 1940s, such as
Collier's, Sat. Eve. Post, or Life. The National Geographic for past
decades might be even better.

Fwiw, I'm almost 69 (yang/yin age).

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