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[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach John Kemker:
>Oxen, also.  But an Ox is not castrated.  A steer is.

In my concrete-bound ignorance, I also thought oxen were castrated, 
but at a different state of maturity than steers.

If oxen aren't castrated, why aren't they simply bulls?

Adamantius

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>Stefan li Rous wrote:
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>>>Harris Mark.S-rsve60 wrote:
>>>>  That's "VAXen" not "VAXes." [grin]
>>>>  <<<
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>>>>  So "VAXen" are multiple, castrated computers?
>>>>
>>>>  Stefan
>>>>  (Somebody hand me my glasses. I think I need to find that rock...)
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>>>Think "vixen" as in the plural for female fox.  (Well, technically it's
>>>also the singular for a female fox, but....whatever!)
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>>Well, I was thinking of "Oxen", which is plural.
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>>Stefan
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