From: Brent Krupp (fletcher@u.washington.edu)
Date: Wed 01 Jun 1994 - 20:57:06 EEST
Sandy says:
Now, this makes ME think of something -- in one of my old campaigns, a human PC insulted a duck PC by calling him a "capon". 'Twas a nice double insult, as it not only belittled his manhood, but also subtly implied that he was tastier to eat than the norm. (Ducks HATE jokes about eating.)
Now, I know that "capon" isn't strictly accurate for a duck, or is it? Is there a name for a castrated duck? Does anyone do this? If a castrated turkey is also called a capon (is it?), perhaps the duck should be too? Thoughts? Language scholars? Anyone?
Um, I hate to bring this up, being a big duck fan and all, but my limited memory of basic zoology includes the idea that birds (female AND male) have internal genitalia... so I would think castrating a duck would be a pretty darn hard thing to do. As if you'd want to. But this opens up a whole 'nother can of worms about ducks...
So, Sandy, can you put that zoo degree to some use and save me here?
Brent Krupp (fletcher@u.washington.edu)
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