I think that the big three of animal protein -- chicken, beef and pork -- got all the names because they were eaten all the time in the history of the English language.
Beef=boeuf. The English usage came in thanks to the Normans, 'round the time of Ethelred the Unready.
Wikipedia backs me up! Awesome. [link]
When the Normans conquered England in 1066 (see Norman Conquest) they brought their Norman language with them. During the Anglo-Norman period which united insular and continental territories, the ruling class spoke Anglo-Norman, while the peasants spoke the English of the time. Anglo-Norman was the conduit for the introduction of French into England, aided by the circulation of Langue d'oïl literature from France. This led to many paired words of French and English origin. For example, beef is cognate with the modern French bœuf, meaning cow; veal with veau, meaning calf; pork with porc, meaning pig; and poultry with poulet, meaning chicken. In this situation, the foodstuff has the Norman name, and the animal the Anglo-Saxon name, since it was the Norman rulers who ate meat (meat was an expensive commodity and could rarely be afforded by the Anglo-Saxons), and the Anglo-Saxons who farmed the animals.
No reason to share it other than pure geekiness.
ita, I wouldn't count on it taking what with
her appearence in Peter's dream. Unless EVERYONE who turns up in his dream is going to buy it. Which would be seriously depressing, if ballsy. I'm not saying she's NOT dead, just that I wouldn't bet any kittens on it until we get clarification next week.
And even then...
I wonder if I should go home early. Because I am actually looking at the space underneath my desk and wondering if my cell phone has an alarm, because surely no one would miss me for an hour.
Frank! Why you gotta harsh my buzz so fast? Let a girl dream, willya?
Shrift, I bet your phone does. Get on down there.
Into the corner with Frank!
Haven't watched yet. Happy I read the whitefont. The first white font.
No reason to share it other than pure geekiness.
It's the kind of geekiness I can support.
(am having difficulty coming up with kinds of geekiness I
can't
support)
Is it possible to be a creationist, or a fixed-earth geek?
Is it possible to be a creationist, or a fixed-earth geek?
I would say not.
(Dunno why. I just do.)
eta: Maybe it's because geekiness typically involve those things known as "facts."
Poor Ethelred. He was really called Ethelred the Unraed, which means uncounseled or possibly badly counseled.
(There's no geek like a geek who took two semesters of Old English.)
