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Re: OT: NB as Xy
- Subject: Re: OT: NB as Xy
- From: "Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:05:28 -0400
George Scithers wrote:
"Good butter and good cheese," is good English and good Friese.
Old linguistic saying . . .
Reminds me of this tidbit of socio-linguistics. In English, the
critter on the hoof is referred to in words of Anglo-Saxon
origin: cow, pig, sheep. The same critter, cooked on the table,
is referred to in words of Norman-French origin: beef (boeuf),
pork (porc), mutton (mouton).
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Patricia M. Godfrey
PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx