好像是这样的。pig是盎格鲁萨克逊英语,pork是法语。这是诺曼征服以后,那些法国来的贵族,之关心怎么称呼自己吃的食物,但是不关心长肉的动物怎么称呼。所以猪肉是法语,猪是古英语。
this is definitely not true.
Yadkin 发表于 3/16/2017 6:29:20 PM [url=http://forums.huaren.us/showtopic.aspx?topicid=2145430&postid=74378444#74378444][/url]
放狗查了下,的确如此:
Pig (Old English Picga)
Pork (Old French Porc)
Cow (Old English Cū)
Beef (Anglo-Norman Beof; Old French Boef)
Calf (Old English Cealf)
Veal (Anglo-Norman Vel; Old French Veel, Veal)