Fallow Deer/A Closer Look

[JoatSimeon at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/13/01 11:00:09 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
X99Lynx at aol.com writes:

> Someone, a relatively disinterested outsider, might take this alone to
> undermine the idea that there was any necessary connection between the names
> for elk, red deer and fallow deer and any particular types of deer.

-- any _single_ instance is not conclusive.  The probabilities become
conclusive for all practical purposes when you add together _all_ the
instances.