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".
