Rebecca Allbritton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>At 07:24 PM 1/14/00 +0000, Julian and Jackie wrote:
>>Rebecca Allbritton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>>
>>>
>>>This is true. They are in different Orders in the Animal Kingdom (what a
>>>sexist word.)
>>
>>Animal or Kingdom?
>
>Kingdom. ;p
What do you call the domain of a female monarch? The last character of
my e-mail address is a clue!
>
>>>However, I did check the dictionary, and it said rodent can
>>>be used to mean any small mammals.
>>
>>I have never come across this usage before.
>
>I asked my grandmother (92 1/2) to give me a dictionary this past Holiday
>(& sign it where it says Presented to, By, & Date, so I could have
>something that I use all the time to remember her by -- she is starting to
>not age well.) Mine is a Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th
>Edition, Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, Mass, USA, 1999.
>
>You know us Americans: we've been corrupting the language ever since we got
>across the pond with it. ;)
True, I was only using the OED! :)
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Julian
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