2006-07-12 02:30:57 · 7 answers · asked by sunil s 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
This is because world like pig, cow, sheep and calf come from the Anglo-Saxon or Old English language. After the Norman conquest in 1066 the wealthy French-speaking landowners called these animals by their French names when they ate them, giving us the words pork, beef, mutton and veal. The Anglo-Saxons, however, carried on calling the animals by their original names, so we have both sets of words
2006-07-12 02:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by Pyara_sweet_abhi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Same thing with the cow...its called beef...Humans meat is called fat...Everything has its own name...you wouldn't want to say " lets have pig tonight" -right???
2006-07-12 02:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by ERICKSMAMA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I second lets_be_true's answer. I've read about that in Macmillan's Dictionary for Children.
2006-07-12 02:35:49 · answer #3 · answered by natrinuretic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's also called ham or bacon. Go figure.
2006-07-12 02:34:51 · answer #4 · answered by sheeny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you called it "pig" you might be eating someone's barbecued fat sister-in-law.....
2006-07-12 08:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by Stew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is pigs meat also called bacon then??????????????
2006-07-12 02:34:48 · answer #6 · answered by liz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets_be_true is so clever. Can't argue with that.
2006-07-12 02:33:10 · answer #7 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋