How a French Invasion Changed Meat Names πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ€― Why Cow Became Beef πŸ„ https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/80fd6409-ed49-4592-a6d8-51a933e2bec9 Why is cow meat called beef, pig meat called pork, sheep meat called mutton and deer meat called venison, but chicken is still just chicken?πŸ„πŸ–πŸ‘πŸ¦ŒπŸ” The answer goes back to 1066. That’s when William the Conqueror and the Normans crossed the English Channel, invaded England and changed the English language forever. After the Norman Conquest, French became the language of kings, nobles, courts and the rich elite, while ordinary peasants continued speaking Old English. So the people who raised the animals used Old English words like cow, pig, sheep and deer. But the nobles who ate the meat used French words like boeuf, porc, mouton and venaison. Over time, those French words became the English meat names we still use today: beef, pork, mutton and venison. But chicken stayed chicken because everyone ate it, rich and poor alike πŸ‘‘ #england #france #normandy #uk #britain #europe #englishhistory #britishhistory #frenchhistory #englishlanguage #frenchlanguage #history #geography #maps #meatnames #beef #pork #language Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:32:53 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.blueben.net How a French Invasion Changed Meat Names πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ€― Why Cow Became Beef πŸ„ https://tube.blueben.net/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/80fd6409-ed49-4592-a6d8-51a933e2bec9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.blueben.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.