Anybody know anything about raisin' cattle?

When you are driving through farm land with the kids, do they point out the window and shout, "Moo-beeves!!"?  No, they shout "Moo-cows!!"

My god we can find the dumbest things to argue about sometimes... 

I just realized that my in-laws don't talk about "half a cow", it's "half a beef". Maybe they've been saying beeve and I've misunderstood. This is after the animal has entered the final stage and now consists of many packages wrapped in white paper.

Of course, my father in law also says "booger" instead of burger, so he may not be the best guide to pronunciation.

We really do have an infinite capacity to argue about absolutely anything on this site. 

I love how the one guy who clearly has the most knowledge on the obscure subject is challenged by so many... 

T.J. said:

A cow is a female what?

 

I'm pretty sure that question depends on context, and is most certainly not restricted to bovines. 

I'm not trying to argue about anything and I don't claim to have any knowledge of raising cattle. Just found it interesting that a common animal has no specific name.Sorry for derailing the thread and appearing argumentative.

In reply to T.J. :

I didn't say argue was a bad thing. 

oh wait... am I arguing?? 

mad_machine said:

I heard it through the grapevine...

All I know about raising cattle, is that being in a Seattle garage band beats it.

(I really got nothin', but every time I see this thread title i get Smells Like Nirvana stuck in my head)

As a natural born Texan who owns a pick up and once rode a horse, I can state for the record that the gender neutral name for cattle is doggy.

T.J. said:

Cow/Bull/_____?

It took me some t pondering to figure out the answer, but it doesn't seem to be in common usage.