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At 7:56 AM -0600 3/14/01, Paul O. Johnson, you wrote about Question forToday:
disease
The question for today is, When and why did the catastrophic cattle
.-hoof-and-mouth become foot-and-mouth?
I have wondered this as well. Perhaps 'hoof' is a less commonly
used/recognized word in the EU?
Perhaps the French Academy of Correct Language prefers mouth over
foot for some xenophobic reason?
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