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From: grahamr@azure.UUCP (Graham Ross)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: bock etymology
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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 00:20:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 16 00:20:54 1984
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I believe that the German word, coincidentally or not, means male goat,
but for the sake of English, avoid using "ram" for a male goat!  A ram
is a male sheep.  You can use "billy goat" or "he-goat" for this purpose.

Graham Ross, Tektronix.  ...!tektronix!tekmdp!grahamr