pope and young or limit of mallards

[Double R 2]

I guess what Im trying to ask is what kind of oak is the one with the long narrow leaf that has the small acorn. Ive always called them a pin oak but somebody told me that it was actually a water oak. Is this true?

sounds like willow oak.

[crow]

To answer Ducky Dan's question about the plural form or "deer"....Dan, I believe I remember from my linquistics education that our "deer" is a derivative of the old English work "deor." It was actually an adjective in OE, just as "whaele" was an adjective that meant "big" and soon came to be a noun naming a particular large seagoing mammal. Thje adjectival forms have no plurals and that has followed these words into our vernacular. The Vikings/Anglo Saxons used these adjectives to create kennings, double words to describe something. Their "whaele path" was a descriptive word for ocean and eventually permutated to "whale" to describe an ocean going animal. Their use of "deor wooten" described a place where amimals lived (woods) and "deor" was later permutated to mean an animal of the woods (deer).

Ok, now...how many of you think this expanation is the truth and how many of you think it is BS. Before you call BS, remember that I have three degrees in Enlish and taught English in high school and college for 14 years. Also, know that I am very good at BS. So, what do you think? Truth or BS?

[DuckyDan]

Just tell me the damn plural possessive form of "deer".



I would call truth or B.S., but I don't feel like spending time in GOOGLE to find out.

[mudsucker]

You said it.

[crow]

deer's

[DuckyDan]

So it would be proper to say, "The deer's bedding area was in a pine thicket."

"The deer's fawns were playing."

What about GOOSE? Could you say, "The geese's landing area was behind our blind."

[teul2]

"The deer's bedding area was in a pine thicket."

"The deer's fawns were playing."

I am no english major or anything, but...Both are plural possesive, right?? If so, I thing the second one is a correct useage. The first one would just be "the DEER bedding area...."

What about GOOSE? Could you say, "The geese's landing area was behind our blind."

I believe that one would be "The goose landing area was behind our blind."

Am I correct???? Do I get a gold star teacher????

[crow]

The best way is to just say "screw it" and write it as "The bedding area for those deer is in a pine thicket."

[DuckyDan]