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Sat Sep-10-05 11:20 AM
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Why is cow called beef, and pig called pork... |
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Deer is venison...But chicken is chicken, lamb is lamb, and duck is duck (etc)?
They should sort this stuff out already. It's very confusing. :crazy:
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:24 AM
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1. because you have invoked the wrath of the gods by posing such questions |
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Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 11:25 AM by sundog
you will now slowly go mad searching for the answers
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:26 AM
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2. Steers are also called 'beef' |
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and a sheep is called 'mutton'.
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:26 AM
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3. French had better table manners than Anglo Saxons |
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French ate pork and beef and the natives ate cow and pig.
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:54 AM
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13. This ties into what you were saying -- |
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This website discusses the origins of the words in relation to the classes of the people. http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmuttonpork.html-VI
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:27 AM
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4. Nope, chicken is "hen", lamb is "calf".... |
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Duck is still duck though!
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:44 PM
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20. Lamb is calf? Kid, maybe? |
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:29 AM
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5. But why are checken and duck fowl and everything else OK? |
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:30 AM
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:37 AM
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:57 AM
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15. chickens are gallitas you make pollo from. n/t |
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:35 AM
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:35 AM
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9. The food forms are from the French |
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Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 11:37 AM by tofunut
If memory serves, after the Noman conquest the upper classes spoke mostly French and a lot of our "food words" come from Fench. Those eating the food ate beef, venison, poultry or pullet, pork, salmon, pigeon, mutton--all words from French. The lower classes (ie the English-speaking people who worked with the actual animals) retained the English forms.
Duck was probably called canard at the table, but I don't know why that hasn't held on so well.
And sorting English out? Good luck!
edit: "loin" is not an animal!
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:45 AM
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11. You have a great memory! |
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Here's a website to back you up -- just look under word history: http://www.answers.com/beefI usually love to answer random questions like this. :) -VI
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:59 AM
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I had the good (?) fortune to take a combined class in advanced structure (grammar) and history of English in college. The professor was a complete lunatic genius, and a lot of strange information still sticks with me.
(Thanks for the link--lots to see there!)
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:20 PM
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You have to love that strange information that stays with you. :)
-VI
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:53 AM
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12. Well now see, THAT makes sense |
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If I had a :puffingupchest: smilie, I'd use it here!
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:57 AM
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14. Why is Soylent Green people? |
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God, that makes me cry. :cry:
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:58 AM
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16. Hmmm. We have cock, mutton, and oh hell, duck. |
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:55 PM
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21. It all tastes like squirrel to me... |
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