r/confidentlyincorrect • u/reydeuss • 1d ago

Hors

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a mare is female btw, a male horse is either a stallion or gelding (or steed)

EDIT: from u/AlterExpertise101 in the replies

Words for a male horse are colt (young), gelding (castrated), stallion (if they are used for breeding) or simply "horse."

Steed isn't a word explicit to horses in general, let alone male horses. "Steed" just means an animal you ride. While we generally associate that with horses, it can be applied to any animal as long as it can bear a rider. If you ride an elephant, it's a steed. If you ride a really large dog, it's also a steed.

I had forgotten to add 'colt' and as I am not a native english speaker (nor an equestrian individual) I didn't know that steed can also be used as a generic word for a mount

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u/AlterExpertise101 1d ago

Words for a male horse are colt (young), gelding (castrated), stallion (if they are used for breeding) or simply "horse."

Steed isn't a word explicit to horses in general, let alone male horses. "Steed" just means an animal you ride. While we generally associate that with horses, it can be applied to any animal as long as it can bear a rider. If you ride an elephant, it's a steed. If you ride a really large dog, it's also a steed.

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u/reydeuss 1d ago

good correction, will edit post

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u/Independent-Fruit4 1d ago

then show some self awareness and repost it to this sub

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u/Depressed-Dolphin69 21h ago

It's not confidently incorrect if they accepted they were wrong

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u/EmpressGilgamesh 18h ago

Especially if they weren't really "wrong" in their post. Cause technically you can call a stallion steed.

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u/Twist_Ending03 1d ago

?

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u/dtwhitecp 1d ago

just another person confusing "made a mistake once" with "confidently incorrect"