Idiom question

[Bruce Dykes]

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron E. Drews <aaron at LING.ED.AC.UK>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Idiom question


>The main reason I'm fascinated by the discussion is because of another
>four-legged creature: the dog.  In Britain, a "dog" is male.  It's
>generic, as well, but people advertising puppies list "3 dogs and 2
>bitches".  I thought in American, the term was "stud", but looking at my
>AHD, "stud" is another generic for any breeding male animal.  What is the
>term for a male dog?


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