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BASQUING IN THE SUN Fri 12th May 2006 07:49:58

Plantagetnoble

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There is no longer quite this much difference between the local people and the English people, I find.

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BASQUING IN THE SUN Fri 12th May 2006 22:14:25

Cajunsr1

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In response to Plantagetnoble [99% (173x)] (Closed account) :

There is no longer quite this much difference between the local people and the English people, I find.

hi PN, i remember them cows, i think i had one of them for dinner tonight. tough as a piece of naugahyde and probably as old. brrrrrrrrrrpppppp. yep, definitely a tan couch. later gators, cajunsr.

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OX Sat 13th May 2006 07:55:18

Plantagetnoble

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In response to Cajunsr1 [99% (503x)] :

hi PN,
i remember them cows, i think i had one of them for dinner tonight. tough as a piece of naugahyde and probably as old. brrrrrrrrrrpppppp. yep, definitely a tan couch.
later gators,
cajunsr.

They're not cows, they're oxen.

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OX Sat 13th May 2006 09:03:36

Cajunsr1

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In response to Plantagetnoble [99% (173x)] (Closed account) :

They're not cows, they're oxen.

hi PN, skin 'em, cook 'em, and see if you can tell the difference? of course, unless your making OXTAIL soup. later gators, cajunsr.

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Try it with cows. Sat 13th May 2006 13:32:34

Plantagetnoble

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In response to Cajunsr1 [99% (503x)] :

hi PN,
skin 'em, cook 'em, and see if you can tell the difference? of course, unless your making OXTAIL soup.
later gators,
cajunsr.

The point is, though, that these are pulling a cart, and then you can tell the difference from cows or indeed bulls ! For ploughing (US plowing) or any draught (US draft) application you need oxen ! Above all, this is almost the only Anglo-Saxon plural we've got left (another one is louse, lice, and of course children), so it's important to keep this word alive ! For our French readers if any, oxen means boeufs, but boeufs includes bullocks (which you do eat, US steers), so it's a very special word. Oxford means Gué pour boeuf de trait.

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try it with a mule! Sat 13th May 2006 19:11:53

Cajunsr1

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In response to Plantagetnoble [99% (173x)] (Closed account) :

The point is, though, that these are pulling a cart, and then you can tell the difference from cows or indeed bulls ! For ploughing (US plowing) or any draught (US draft) application you need oxen !

Above all, this is almost the only Anglo-Saxon plural we've got left (another one is louse, lice, and of course children), so it's important to keep this word alive !

For our French readers if any, oxen means boeufs, but boeufs includes bullocks (which you do eat, US steers), so it's a very special word. Oxford means Gué pour boeuf de trait.

hi PN, where the hell you been man? in america, we got these animals called mules. they is a whole lot better than cows or oxen to pull things. and the army used them a lot too. some even talked, remember 'francis' the talking mule? never saw a movie with a talking ox, well maybe disney's paul bunyan and babe the big blue ox, but i didn't see him talk. did see some talking moose in 'brother bear'. and that steak is still talking to me, brrrrrrrrrppppp. maybe i'll have some oxtail soup and see if the other end will talk to me too. later gators, cajunsr.

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