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also, think the french started this. a name for the animal in the field, a different name for the animal on your plate.
by dudeguy3301 4y ago
also, think the french started this. a name for the animal in the field, a different name for the animal on your plate.
- zdragnar 4y agoThe Norman conquest of England brought with it pork, beef, mutton and plenty of other adaptations of Old French words. The nobility ingratiated themselves by adopting the new vocabulary, and doing so (true for most of history, I imagine) stood out as a social status signal. The way of speaking filtered down to the lower classes over time.