My website is titled "Errant Ruminant."

My novel WIP makes reference to ruminants.

I then found out from my critique group that 3 out of 6 of us had to look up the word. I was aghast. My hypothesis is that we all learn what a ruminant is in childhood, but 50% of us forget by the time we become adults.

And so, a poll …
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