Headline: "Goat jumps from roof, kills kid in Turkey"

[Benjamin Barrett]

The writer should have used the retronym “hircine kid.”

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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> On Oct 9, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sadly, the "kid" was the thirteen-year-old son of the owner of the goat.


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