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		rfrey on Oct 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What would have happened if the Normans had lost t... I've heard that too... the Norman aristocracy was eating the meat and using Norman words (pork/porc, beef/boeuf) and the peasants were tending and raising the animals in old English (pig, cow).

pygy_ on Oct 24, 2016 [–]

Indeed, and you can add mutton(mouton)/sheep and (to a lesser extent in modern English) poultry(poulet)/chicken to that list.

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