Swine in the field, pork on the plate.Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
Re: Rabbit Season
Swine in the field, pork on the plate.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).
Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
Ik hou van ferme grieten en dikke pintenHow do you motivate your employees? Waterboarding, of course.
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