[Sca-cooks] Oxen and steers, was Recent Test

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

i thought an Ox was a working castrated male cow.
that is, a steer that pulls things.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kemker" <john at kemker.org>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Recent Test


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