A Conversation for Farming Terminology - or Old MacDonald Had a Farm
A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
BillBailey Started conversation Jun 6, 2001
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A573086
Ever wondered what a "gimmer" was, or the difference between a lamb and a ewe? Here is the chance to find out what all those strange terms mean - from cow to stag, hen to steer. Now when you start off singing Old MacDonald you can truly amaze and astound your fellows who will think you are country born and bred.
A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Jun 12, 2001
Err, yes -- this server has its quirks and doesn't show when it already accepted a posting. Hitting the 'Post Message' button again produces another posting, something that already got a name of its own: 'double-posting'.
I'm just writing this because you're yet another victim of the special behaviour of this here server and because any comments on this entry should go to the other thread at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F48874&thread=119781
* heading off to read the entry *
A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
Orcus Posted Jun 13, 2001
Hmmm. Bossel (congrats on being a new scout like myself BTW 
) the link to the deleted article from the scout forum went to the other thread as being deleted not this one.
To save any confusion, I shall repeat my comment from the other thread (so it remains whichever thread gets removed).
Wow!
An incredibly factual and informative entry - couldn't really fault it myself 
Orcus
A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
Is mise Duncan Posted Jun 19, 2001
The entry could do with being laid out with headers and subheaders to improve readability. To do this you will need to convert the entry to GuideML and put the headers between tags and the subheaders between tags.
Content wise its a sure fire guide essential, IMO.
A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Jun 19, 2001
Very interesting... and educational too!
It would be a bonus, I think, if you could say a word or two about the extent to which these terms are internationally recognized.
Good stuff!
JTG
A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
You can call me TC Posted Jun 22, 2001
Very good idea. Very useful reference - even if only for Trivial Pursuit!
The terms all apply to animals - do you intend to write an equivalent piece for the agricultural side of farmng, or isn't there anything to know about that?
I agree with Duncan. The article is fine and complete as it stands, except for some visual tidying up, which you can leave to a subeditor whose boss doesn't mind what he does when he's paying him!
A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Jul 22, 2001
Nice entry, It's probably there to be informative, but as a none english speakwr, it was kin of a funny read for me.
Dancer
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Orcus Posted Aug 3, 2001
Just dropped by to say well done cos' it woz me that picked it
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BillBailey Posted Aug 3, 2001
Huge thanks - you are a cool frood ! I shall endeavour to write more as soon as my boss is not looking!
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A573086 - Farming Terminology - Or Old MacDonald had a Farm
- 1: BillBailey (Jun 6, 2001)
- 2: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Jun 12, 2001)
- 3: Orcus (Jun 13, 2001)
- 4: Is mise Duncan (Jun 19, 2001)
- 5: John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" (Jun 19, 2001)
- 6: You can call me TC (Jun 22, 2001)
- 7: Dancer (put your advert here) (Jul 22, 2001)
- 8: h2g2 auto-messages (Aug 3, 2001)
- 9: Orcus (Aug 3, 2001)
- 10: BillBailey (Aug 3, 2001)
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