Re: "write him" was Re: More questions

Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:

> Except for actual cock (the chicken); stopcock,
> shuttlecock, cock your
> rifle/shotgun/weapon-of-choice, etc.
The last three are technical terms of particular groups (badminton
players, chemists, hunters/soldiers).  As for the galline usage,
"rooster" became dominant at the time and AFAIK still is.

--
John Cowan <jcowan@...> www.ccil.org/~cowan  www.reutershealth.com
Micropayment advocates mistakenly believe that efficient allocation of
resources is the purpose of markets.  Efficiency is a byproduct of market
systems, not their goal.  The reasons markets work are not because users
have embraced efficiency but because markets are the best place to allow
users to maximize their preferences, and very often their preferences are
not for conservation of cheap resources.  --Clay Shirkey

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