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[โ€“] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 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.