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To till! JCdilor. Sir,-It is nut g0(l( | funil tu (il | ki less; SO to write, about the lather or liiullH-r ,)! a cow or a horse. We relZr .r'T ■ SIU T''' I """"" for ""oil which implies a moral sense and II superior iiitel Jt is certainly correct to use "sire" ami "dam" in speaking of the breeding of the lower animals.—l am, etc., COKRKCT. ["Correct" JCnglish is largely what the custom and the period decree, lu.r instance, the term "sire" was used l,v probably all of the l.est linglish writers ol prose and poetr.v, certainly not as applicable to tile "lower breeding of animals," lint conveyed more of the sacred feelings and .sentiment than the I appellation of "father" or "mother" at the present time. Jlodcrn phraseology may compel the use of the terms "sire" and "dam" in the instances ((noted by our correspondent, but "correct English" is hypothetical.—Kd.]
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 284, 25 November 1908, Page 2
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152ENGLISH AS IT IS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 284, 25 November 1908, Page 2
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