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Interesting tidbit: "The English labored, the French feasted" during the years of Norman occupation, thus farm animal names in English stayed English words, but the names for the processed meat equivalent are French derived (e.g. cow - beef; deer - venison; calf - veal; sheep - mutton; pig - pork).
— Apr 27, 2012 02:27PM
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Skip (David) Everling
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Also a great history refresher, putting the evolution of the language to use in fleshing out the historical context
— May 02, 2012 01:28PM
Skip (David) Everling
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Great for picking out patterns in English word etymologies
— May 01, 2012 03:53PM
