Re: vulgarisms

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>John Cowan wrote:
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>> The general pattern in English is that *domestic* animals are
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>> insulting: "dog", "cow", "bitch", "horse"; but not "wolf", "lion",
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>> "tiger"; still less "rhinoceros", "stegosaurus".
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>What about "sloth"?  That's not a domestic animal.
The vice came before the south american furry thing.

ever green
sam