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In article , Sacha
writes On 7/1/05 8:55, in article , "Kay" wrote: Interesting! I hardly dare ask you this ... but what is the derivation of 'venison'? And 'veal'? Are there any other meats which aren't simply called by the name of the animal? I won't start on the bits of animal - why 'lights' for example? Veal comes from old French, velaus (obl) veel And the Latin is vitellus, Yes, I know that one - I think there is a cowrie with that as the specific name. diminutive of vitulus (calf). Of course modern French for veal *and* a calf is 'veau'. "Venison flesh of an animal killed in the chase XIII: (arch.) beast of the chase XIV. ME veneso(u)n. OF veneso(u)n, -ison (mod. Venaison): L. venatio, -on- hunting, game, f. venari hunt" (The 'f' there means 'formed on') Incidentally, I asked my French niece about what a pig is known as in French - the animal, rather than the meat and she is firm that it is 'cochon'. That's what I remembered from O level french buit I wouldn't back my o level french knowledge against anyone else's knowledge of french, let alone a french woman's. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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On 8/1/05 16:37, in article , "Kay"
wrote: snip Incidentally, I asked my French niece about what a pig is known as in French - the animal, rather than the meat and she is firm that it is 'cochon'. That's what I remembered from O level french buit I wouldn't back my o level french knowledge against anyone else's knowledge of french, let alone a french woman's. Of course, it's still possible that a local dialect would talk of "un porc" but 'proper' French is "un cochon". In Jersey French, for example, a snail is called 'un colînmachon' *and* 'un escargot' but in good French it's 'un escargot'. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Sacha wrote: On 8/1/05 16:37, in article , "Kay" wrote: snip Incidentally, I asked my French niece about what a pig is known as in French - the animal, rather than the meat and she is firm that it is 'cochon'. That's what I remembered from O level french buit I wouldn't back my o level french knowledge against anyone else's knowledge of french, let alone a french woman's. Of course, it's still possible that a local dialect would talk of "un porc" but 'proper' French is "un cochon". In Jersey French, for example, a snail is called 'un colînmachon' *and* 'un escargot' but in good French it's 'un escargot'. I don't think that's it, nor do I think that the teacher is right. If a teacher was asked the same question for English, the normal answer would be 'pig', but there would be absolutely nothing WRONG with 'swine'. It is just not the normal word nowadays. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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