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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
Huh?? I know what it is. I already said it's approriate in my post. I said in vet medicine. The last time I checked (in the clinics I've worked in), that's "where there are dog people" and "where we all speak English". I just don't like the word. I prefer to use "female dog". Neither way is wrong.
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I know all that. (And when I said "where there are dog people," I was thinking more about shows/competitions.) People, of course, do speak English outside vet clinics.
I just think it's . . . odd? . . . for someone who deals with animals professionally to avoid the word just because, in other contexts and used with reference to a human, it would be offensive.