Comments on: Dignity? http://trailinggrouse.com/2009/06/dignity/ Tales from a trailing Scottish bird - in Cairo Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:40:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: trailing grouse http://trailinggrouse.com/2009/06/dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 trailing grouse Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:14:19 +0000 http://trailinggrouse.com/?p=443#comment-1431 Hilarious! All this time I've been feeling terribly guilty and I should have just looked in the dictionary! Thanks!! Hilarious! All this time I’ve been feeling terribly guilty and I should have just looked in the dictionary! Thanks!!

]]> By: Almost American http://trailinggrouse.com/2009/06/dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Almost American Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:30:50 +0000 http://trailinggrouse.com/?p=443#comment-1428 Neutering is a more generic word for vets as it applies to both males and females. A neutered cat cannot have babies. To achieve this, a male cat is castrated (testicles removed - NOT the penis!) and a female cat spayed. From the Random House dictionary: <b>cas⋅trate</b>   /ˈkæstreɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kas-treyt] Show IPA verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object) 1. to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld. <b>neu⋅ter</b>   /ˈnutər, ˈnyu-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [noo-ter, nyoo-] Show IPA –verb (used with object) 10. Veterinary Science. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.). Neutering is a more generic word for vets as it applies to both males and females. A neutered cat cannot have babies. To achieve this, a male cat is castrated (testicles removed – NOT the penis!) and a female cat spayed.

From the Random House dictionary:
cas⋅trate
  /ˈkæstreɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kas-treyt] Show IPA verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.

neu⋅ter
  /ˈnutər, ˈnyu-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [noo-ter, nyoo-] Show IPA

–verb (used with object)
10. Veterinary Science. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.).

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