Ever wonder... (are men more in control in words?)?

Question

Forget about the drive in the parkway, and park in the driveway thing..

Here is something I come across..

You don't call a cowboy an OXboy
But you don't buy cowtail, but OXtail

Who made up those words!???

Answer 1

Ah, English!

We have a superfluity of terms for domestic animals, cattle, kine, oxen, etc.

But, due to the nature of the British History, some workds became exclusively associated with the live animal (for example, cow) and others with the food derived from that animal (e.g. beef). This had to do with the fact that the anglo-saxons *raised* the animals, but the meat was *served* to the Normans who spoke French....

Some terms, like oxtail, had to do with when the animal was eaten. (Veal, for example, comes from the Norman French for calf, which it is.) Generally, an older cow had a fatter meateier tail, better for making soup.

I remember when I was learning French, and trying to write a story that I dutifully translated cowboy into French -- boeuf garcon -- much humour ensued. The French for cowboy is cowboy.

Answer 2

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