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Mike Nolan.As a retired English professor, I agree with him on inexact word usage.
Well, that's why the chickens can't fly.
What about buffalo wings? I've seen many a buffalo on TV and never saw any that had wings. If they did have wings, those things would be huge!
Funny, Len! I had a student many years ago, he was about 22 at the time, who was a really nice guy, but clearly suffered from a lack of "cultural learning" -- the kind of information you just pick up along the way. He had a tremendous amount of U.S. geographic knowledge, which he learned in his favorite classes in elementary school - geography, so he was not incapable of learning. Part of my job was to teach him some of the important life information that he lacked. Buffalo wings was a part of that!! Yes, he knew chickens had wings, but these restaurants are serving up buffalo wings. He didn't know buffaloes have wings. And he wanted to know if I had ever seen a buffalo fly? It was so hard for me to keep a straight face; I quickly segued to talk about the buffalo statues which are along one of the NY Thruway exits to Buffalo. But he was completely serious.
You should have told him about Jackalopes.
Can't say I know the person who started it though I think I've met his father, who is on the City Council.