• lemmyng
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    192 months ago

    Is a chicken egg an egg laid by a chicken, or an egg that if fertilized would hatch into a chicken?

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      That is a great follow up question, is an egg defined by what ever laid it or by it’s contents?

      • @MrPommeroy
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        -92 months ago

        Chickens don’t lay eggs, hens do. 😉

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        Who is possessive in your “chicken’s egg”? Whose egg is it? The animal who laid the egg or the animal who lays in the egg?

        I am fairly certain that chicken egg is chicken’s egg after a couple decade of human being lazy. We love to drop stuff in languages.

        So chicken’s egg vs chicken’s egg.