Slaughterhouse or abattoir

[nq:1]Could anyone enlighten me in the use of the words slaughterhouse or abattoir respectively in current English:[/nq]
Not sure exactly what you mean. Like are there any differences in usage? They mean exactly the same thing. I've scarcely ever heard 'abattoir' used in English, and to my ear it sounds overwrought. You might use it if you are in educated or polite company, as slaughterhouse i

[nq:1]Could anyone enlighten me in the use of the words slaughterhouse or abattoir respectively in current English:[/nq]
In my experience, "abattoir" is not used very much, although I expect a lot of educated people would recognize it. When I read your post, I remembered a controversy here which involved a Hmong slaughterhouse in Hugo, Minnesota, at which animals were slaughtered according to

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[nq:2]Could anyone enlighten me in the use of the words slaughterhouse or abattoir respectively in current English:[/nq]
[nq:1]Not sure exactly what you mean. Like are there any differences in usage? They mean exactly the same thing. I've ... polite company, as slaughterhouse is probably a rough word to some ears. I hope that's what you were asking for.[/nq]
I don'

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[nq:2]Not sure exactly what you mean. Like are there any ... some ears. I hope that's what you were asking for.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know where mailmanx lives, but here in the UK I'm not sure I've never heard "slaughterhouse" in normal use. "Abbatoir" is in normal use and is wholly unremarkable.[/nq]
I concur with m'learned friend. My Uncle and cousins wer

[nq:1]I don't know where mailmanx lives, but here in the UK I'm not sure I've never heard "slaughterhouse" in normal use. "Abbatoir" is in normal use and is wholly unremarkable.[/nq]
I see, 'abattoir' is the standard British usage. I'm from the US and have only heard an American use it once, and no one know what he was talking about LOL. I'm pretty sure I only knew it because it came up in a M

[nq:2]I don't know where mailmanx lives, but here in the ... use. "Abbatoir" is in normal use and is wholly unremarkable.[/nq]
[nq:1]I see, 'abattoir' is the standard British usage. I'm from the US and have only heard an American use it ... was talking about LOL. I'm pretty sure I only knew it because it came up in a Monty Python skit.[/nq]
This morning there was a long discussion on BBC R

[nq:1]This morning there was a long discussion on BBC Radio 4 about organic meat, with a farmer explaining that his ... standard BrE, and has been so at least since my childhood some 60 years ago. 'Slaughter' sounds rather grandly archaic.[/nq]
Just to add, a slaughterman works in an abattoir.

Ray

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[nq:2]This morning there was a long discussion on BBC Radio ... childhood some 60 years ago. 'Slaughter' sounds rather grandly archaic.[/nq]
[nq:1]Just to add, a slaughterman works in an abattoir.[/nq]
And "les abats" is French for innards. Which makes my misspelling even less forgivable.

David
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[nq:1]This morning there was a long discussion on BBC Radio 4 about organic meat, with a farmer explaining that his ... standard BrE, and has been so at least since my childhood some 60 years ago. 'Slaughter' sounds rather grandly archaic.[/nq]
Farmers do seem to refer to an animal being killed,

However a quick look at some UK laws shows that both words 'slaughter' and killing are use

[nq:1]I don't know where mailmanx lives, but here in the UK I'm not sure I've never heard "slaughterhouse" in normal use. "Abbatoir" is in normal use and is wholly unremarkable.[/nq]
Do they kill Swedish pop singers in an Abbatoir?
Margot