Carol's questions for New Steve Was: Tempest in a teapot/cup/kettle

[sistermagpie]

Dumbledad:
> That ties in with the UK English I've encountered: a buck would be 
> a young/small male deer, while a stag would have big antlers and 
> do that scary rutting crash thing.

Magpie:
Right--and when men are referred to as bucks it's almost always "young 
buck" or with some indication of youth/immaturity. Even in America I 
tend to hear "stag" more used to described a big deer with big antlers, 
while a buck is a younger male deer. I have usually just used doe and 
fawn for the females. I know the word hind but don't usually use it. 
(And hart I usually associate with the deer on pub signs--especially 
white harts.)

-m