But kangaroos and opossums are not mammals, but marsupials :-)

Bill

> It's you who is mangling the language, by trying to co-opt the generic
> term so that it can only be used for one specific type. Claiming that
> slides are not photographs, for example, is simply ludicrous. It's
> like saying you can only use the word 'mammal' for kangaroos, and you
> can't use it to describe possums, horses and bats, because if you did
> you'd have to start using abominations like "Large bouncy jerbil with
> pouch. Occasionally boxes".



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