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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 8 (December 1, 1928)

Scientific Nomenclature

Scientific Nomenclature.

A grammar school boy handed in the following composition on “cats.”

“Cats that's meant for little boys to maul and tease is called Maultese cats. Some cats is reckernized by how quiet their purrs is and these is named Purrsian cats. The cats what has very bad tempers is called Angorie cats, and cats with deep feelins is called Feline cats. I don't like cats.”

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