| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 17, 1999, 15:06 |
Nik Taylor wrote:> > John Cowan wrote: > > Well, if you want to play that game: it would be the rare peasant > > who would have more than one cow. So there. :-) > > Hmm, good point there. I guess the plural form might not have been that > common among peasants.Peasants only talk about their own cow? They never have to herd/milk the lord's cows? <G> cf. Ploughman in OE Colloquy, talking about the oxen. (Never bicker about the kyne in the middle of the road?) ;-)> -- > Happy that Nation, - fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting > -- Benjamin Franklin > http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html > http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html > ICQ #: 18656696 > AIM screen-name: NikTailor