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    Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
    Not the same thing, Ham is cured Pork from the rump of the pig. But it is clear with what you mean.

    Though Americans have a weird obession with calling beef burgers, "hamburgers".
    Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache View Post
    Dear oh dear, oh dear. Where to start?
    Louis will no doubt appreciate the inherent class divide built into the English language. Words for livestock are generally Saxon in origin (pig, sheep, cow) since the live animals were tended by the peasantry. However, the vocabulary for the prepared meats eaten by the aristocracy is derived from the French (pork, mutton, beef).
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