cows & cattle

[Bob Haas]

Amen, Andrea.  Where I grew up, yes, we all knew that as a collective,
they're cattle, but when just us folks are talkin', they're cows.

> From: "A. Vine" <avine at ENG.SUN.COM>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:40:06 -0800
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: cows & cattle
>
> What I'm trying to say is - when people (including me) use "cows" for the
> generic, it is _not_ because they don't know the difference between a cow and
> a
> bull.