Silly Cow

[H]

[quote]Thanks You two!

[Club508]

[quote][quote][quote][quote]An adult female that has had a calf (or two, depending on regional usage) is a cow. A young female before she has had a calf of her own and is under three years of age is called a heifer

[Club508]

[quote][quote]Thanks You two!

[Hagar]

All very interesting. Just to confuse the issue there is no singular form of the collective term "cattle" & cow is generally used for one example whether it be male or female. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle#Singular_terminology_issue

Going back to the original news item the "Silly Cow" in the subject line was actually a Belgian Blue bullock (castrated male).

[Club508]

Oh boy, I know when I enter A topic it will usually start to go off-track and 'll like it, but this time can we please get it back on track?

[ozzy72]

Having spent time as a kid on a cattle farm I'm finding this fascinating....
Collective e-learning, the wave of the future

[Club508]

I'm from the south if that counts.


On an off note, here's something I've heard while living near the middle:
If you ever hear a redneck yell "Hey ya'll, watch this!!!"

[ozzy72]

I normally wait till the camera is pointing my way before making the "WATCH THIS!!!!" statement. I like to have my accidents recorded for the doctors to enjoy whilst I'm sitting in A&E

[Club508]

A&E?
What's that? :-?

Just so you know, I once looked up redneck in the dictionary, and part of it read, "often used disparingly".  In other words, I thik you might want to edit that out.

[ozzy72]

A&E - Accident and Emergency, I believe the modern American version is Emergency Room.

[Romulus111VADT]

A&E - Accident and Emergency, I believe the modern American version is Emergency Room.

A&E in the US - Arts & Entertainment Network....

[Club508]

Ah!

And very... uh... interesting connection Romulus111VADT.

[Steve M]

[quote][quote]Thanks You two!

[H]

A&E - Accident and Emergency, I believe the modern American version is Emergency Room.

A&E in the US - Arts & Entertainment Network

It's not so unbelievable that Ozzy's antics would be considered Art and Entertainment in the U.S.

Terminology also differs by location. Australia has its own and I doubt much of Britain has a natural occurance of bovine dogies and mavericks. Neither was dogie nor maverick ever a common term in New England, .

8-)

[Steve M]

All very interesting. Just to confuse the issue there is no singular form of the collective term "cattle" & cow is generally used for one example whether it be male or female. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle#Singular_terminology_issue

Going back to the original news item the "Silly Cow" in the subject line was actually a Belgian Blue bullock (castrated male).

I Wiki searched 'cow' and got nearly the same results. I was surprised that no other species were mentioned.
Such as (cow and bull), Moose, Elephants, buffalo?, ect. :-?