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Does the average English speaker know and understand how truly generic the words "cow" and "bull" are? They're not even species-specific.


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Posted - September 27, 2018

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  • 9778
    I know when you're shooting the bull. Don't have a cow, man.
      September 27, 2018 5:02 AM MDT
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  • 52905

      You know me too well, Snookums. That has to mean something

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      September 27, 2018 5:33 AM MDT
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  • 16202
    Sarah Sanders is a cow and her boss is full of bull.
      September 27, 2018 5:50 AM MDT
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  • 604
    well, cow's always feminine, & bull's always masculine; if youre talking about the words and not some joke!!

    tee hee.......
      September 27, 2018 8:31 AM MDT
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  • 13251
    Cows and bulls only take apostrophes in the possessive form, ie cow's teats and bull's testicles.
      September 27, 2018 8:39 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    sonne nnight
      September 27, 2018 11:15 AM MDT
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  • 845
    Neither are the words "male" and "female" or the pronouns "he" and "she" species-specific.

     

      June 14, 2019 3:58 PM MDT
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