Beef, Pork, Poultry vs Cow, Pig, Chicken?

Thus spake aicelef:
[nq:1]Cow > Beef Pig > Pork Chicken > Poultry?! Why not call it cow meat, pig meat, chicken meat? Don't non-english countries call it that way (such-and-such meat)? Why make up more words? It makes no sense.[/nq]
It's not us making up words; it was ***** the Frog.
[nq:1]Is it do to guilt?[/nq]
???

Simon R. Hughes

[nq:1]Cow > Beef Pig > Pork Chicken > Poultry?! Why not call it cow meat, pig meat, chicken meat? Don't non-english countries call it that way (such-and-such meat)? Why make up more words? It makes no sense. Is it do to guilt?[/nq]
No. It's economic power. Really. For the first two, anyway. Add Sheep > Mutton.
Deer > Venison
The animals were tended by the English,

[nq:2]Why not call it cow meat, pig meat, chicken meat? Don't non-english countries call it that way (such-and-such meat)?[/nq]
Some do, some don't.
[nq:2]Is it do to guilt?[/nq]
[nq:1]???[/nq]
Tentative correction: Is it due to (a feeling of) guilt?

Illustration: We sometimes ask our (not yet 2 years old) son if he want's to eat moo-moo, but we might want to stop that at

[nq:2]Cow > Beef Pig > Pork Chicken > Poultry?! Why not call it cow meat, pig meat, chicken meat? Don't non-english countries call it that way (such-and-such meat)? Why make up more words? It makes no sense. Is it do to guilt?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. It's economic power. Really. For the first two, anyway. Add Sheep > Mutton. Deer > Venison The animals were tended by the English, w

Thus spake Oliver Cromm:
[nq:1]Some do, some don't.[/nq]
[nq:2]???[/nq]
[nq:1]Tentative correction: Is it due to (a feeling of) guilt? Illustration: We sometimes ask our (not yet 2 years old) son if he want's to eat moo-moo, but we might want to stop that at some point.[/nq]
The attribution is wrong. Everything of mine, except for the "???" has been deleted.

Simon R. Hughe

[nq:1]And don't get me started on droit de seigneur.[/nq]
I won't. It can be a most tiring exercise during the wedding season. You probably need a rest.
PB

[nq:1]Thus spake Oliver Cromm:[/nq]
[nq:2]Some do, some don't. Tentative correction: Is it due to ... but we might want to stop that at some point.[/nq]
[nq:1]The attribution is wrong. Everything of mine, except for the "???" has been deleted.[/nq]
Don't you want to own up to the "???"?

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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Thus spake Skitt:
[nq:2]Thus spake Oliver Cromm: The attribution is wrong. Everything of mine, except for the "???" has been deleted.[/nq]
[nq:1]Don't you want to own up to the "???"?[/nq]
Better?

Simon R. Hughes

[nq:1]Cow > Beef Pig > Pork Chicken > Poultry?! Why not call it cow meat, pig meat, chicken meat? Don't non-english countries call it that way (such-and-such meat)? Why make up more words? It makes no sense.p Is it do to guilt?[/nq]
Nope. 'Twere the foreigners what could afford to eat 'em.

Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories > Bauplan is just the German word
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[nq:2]Cow > Beef Pig > Pork Chicken > Poultry?! Why not call it cow meat, pig meat, chicken meat? Don't non-english countries call it that way (such-and-such meat)? Why make up more words? It makes no sense.p Is it do to guilt?[/nq]
[nq:1]Nope. 'Twere the foreigners what could afford to eat 'em.[/nq]
Careful about calling them foreigners. They were just the latest wave of n