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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. Authors who referred to their animals by given names were instructed to use a string of letters and numbers instead." Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. Maybe on paper. Part IV: Brown Dogs and Red Herrings.

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On "Pets" and "Its"

Animal Person

Here 's the book, and in the preview you can see that in the beginning when the gorilla being described is male he is referred to as "he." But what you don't see in the preview is that later on gorillas are referred to as "its," and when I was reading aloud and came upon that word I was unable to say it. So far so good.

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