Why English Has Two Words for Every Meat
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Ever wonder why we say pig, cow, and chicken on the farm, but pork, beef, and poultry at dinner? 🥩 Blame the Norman Conquest of 1066! After William the Conqueror seized England, Anglo-Saxon commoners tended the livestock, keeping their Old English words. Meanwhile, the French-speaking Norman aristocracy dined on the meat, introducing Norman French terms like porc, boeuf, and poulet. The linguistic class divide remains frozen in English today! #NormanConquest #Etymology #HistoryShorts #EnglishLanguage #1066 #MedievalHistory #Linguistics #AngloSaxon
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