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Topics of the day:



 1. Adam's off ox/house cat



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Date:  Wed, 9 Mar 1994 07:42:02 EST

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Adam's off ox/house cat



One of my colleagues from southern North Carolina often complains that our

students don't know anymore than "Adam's house cat." Thanks to this thread

I will have some obnoxious thing to say about variants of Adam's off ox

next time she makes such a pronouncement.



By the way, the chairman and I had great laughs about chairheads and

huperdaughters, etc., but our sense of humor was not shared by the three

persons who snapped at me about obscuring the real issue with such

trivialities. I guess I need to study more womyn's herstory to fully

appreciate etymology. I'll start with Isidore of Seville who tells me that

beavers are called *castra* because they castrate themselves to get away

from hunters who want their testacles for perfume. Thus should a man do to

avoid temptation. I'm getting old and grumpy.