[Klug-general] Gentoo ... hmmm more Cows

[George Prowse]

On 29/01/2011 11:01, Michael E. Rentell wrote:
> Speaking as a retired linguist, and (my wife says) a confirmed Victor
> Meldrew, can I (safely?) comment that the word gender is frequently
> misused these days - particularly by the politically correct.
>
> The word you want is sex which differentiates betwixt male and female.
>
> Gender is a grammatical term to differentiate betwixt masculine,
> feminine and neuter in linguistics.
>
> Should I now duck?
>
> MikeR
>
Can you confirm or deny that "cow" can be neuter then?