2006-09-12 08:01:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
hahahha. very cute. if the insect fly can actually fly, why don't we call a fish a SWIM.
2006-09-12 08:06:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are; we just shorten things up a bit. Human beings are humans, feline beings are cats, and canine beings are dogs. Things get a bit messy when using the 'beings' tag, so we leave that off in everyday speech.
Good question.
2006-09-12 08:06:17 · answer #2 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people could totally leave off the "being" part of "human being" and just say "human." I agree with an earlier poster; it probably refers to a sentient being.
But it would be incredibly annoying and amusing to refer to one's cat as a "cat being," perhaps carrying it further and referring to one's couch as the "couch object" and fork as "fork object."
2006-09-12 08:09:02 · answer #3 · answered by mtnlady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may call them 'feline beings" or "canine beings" if you like...it is both scientificly and grammaticay correct, you just might sound a little odd.
2006-09-12 08:04:23 · answer #4 · answered by alanc_59 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think being implies a sentient being. . .
2006-09-12 08:05:34 · answer #5 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about aliens we call them beings ?
2006-09-12 09:21:00 · answer #6 · answered by casper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we are beings, cats and dogs are animals duhhhhhhhhhhhhh
2006-09-12 08:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by sickskillz883 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because we have thumbs, we ROCK!!
2006-09-12 08:08:39 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who says they're not?
2006-09-12 09:26:59 · answer #9 · answered by buffysummers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋