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Thread #136883   Message #3130021
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
06-Apr-11 - 03:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: plural rules for words ending in ey ???
Subject: RE: BS: plural rules for words ending in ey ???
John, you've cleared up something which has puzzled me for years! We had a TV programme here in UK called Rawhide, (I really fancied the very young Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates, but that's another issue) The theme song went "Moving moving moving, though they're disapproving, keep them doggies moving, Rawhide etc" I used to ask my father why the cowboys were singing about dogs when it was obvious they were herding cows. He just said "It's an American film, that's why" Now fifty years later I know! A dogie is a stray steer. Thank you John!