Re: vulgarisms
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 12, 1998, 3:09 |
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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 21:02:53 -0500 John Cowan <cowan@...>
writes:
>The general pattern in English is that *domestic* animals are
>insulting: "dog", "cow", "bitch", "horse"; but not "wolf", "lion",
>"tiger"; still less "rhinoceros", "stegosaurus".
>John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
God forbid that "stegosaurus" should ever become an insult! :)
-Stephen (Steg)
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