Word Association Game (15)

The Cow

Bovine.

Hailing-Turtles(In Bovina.)

Obscurity

Roy Mathers wrote in post #19391692
Bovine.

Nogo wrote in post #19391695
Hailing-Turtles(In Bovina.)

What is the connection between these please?

Bovine is the Latin (or Greek) word for a cow. If it is a Latin term, Bovina could be one of the feminine versions of the word. That is the first leap.

The second leap is Bovina is a small town in my area. There is nothing really significant about the town with the exception of it being in the path of one of the major campaigns of the American Civil War. But it did have one true oddity that occurred there. There was a report of a frozen turtle encased in ice falling from a storm during a hail storm. This turtle is what I think of when I hear the town name Bovina. It is also what I think of when I hear the term "Bovine." I had uncles who were dairy farmers back when dairy farms were common. I was used to hearing the speech of dairy farmers, but I never remember them using the term "bovine." Partly due the word being rarely used, when I hear it I think of the town, not cattle.

Insignificance

Petty

Heartbreakers

Nogo wrote in post #19392028
Bovine is the Latin (or Greek) word for a cow. If it is a Latin term, Bovina could be one of the feminine versions of the word. That is the first leap.

The second leap is Bovina is a small town in my area. There is nothing really significant about the town with the exception of it being in the path of one of the major campaigns of the American Civil War. But it did have one true oddity that occurred there. There was a report of a frozen turtle encased in ice falling from a storm during a hail storm. This turtle is what I think of when I hear the town name Bovina. It is also what I think of when I hear the term "Bovine." I had uncles who were dairy farmers back when dairy farms were common. I was used to hearing the speech of dairy farmers, but I never remember them using the term "bovine." Partly due the word being rarely used, when I hear it I think of the town, not cattle.

This must be one of the most tenuous and arcane connections this thread has seen!

Roy Mathers wrote in post #19392330
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This must be one of the most tenuous and arcane connections this thread has seen!
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But if you Google "bovine hailing turtles", the very first result on the first page shows the connection in a very obvious way. So it's really not obscure, and if the connection can be readily found using Google, then it is certainly a viable connection for the purposes of this thread.

The problem I have with some of the word connections in this thread is when Google doesn't even show it on the first page of results ... things that are that obscure should probably not be used here. . But it's all just for fun anyway so I suppose it's okay if not everyone takes this as seriously as I do.


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