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[Travellin Dave]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

[LuvTooGolf]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

You're a veritable fountain of knowledge today.

[Travellin Dave]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

You're a veritable fountain of knowledge today.

Of course you mean fount.....

[Travellin Dave]

Continuing with our linguistic exercises....
The 28 grossest sounding english words...

1. Moist
2. Blog
3. Lugubrious
4. Yolk
5. Gurgle
5. Phlegm
6. Fetus
7. Curd
8. Smear
9. Squirt
10. Chunky
11. Orifice
12. Maggots
13. Viscous
14. Queasy
15. Bulbous
16. Pustule
17. Fester
18. Secrete
19. Munch
20. Panties
21. Clogged
22. Vomit
23. Jowls
24. Dripping
25. Roaches
27. Mucus
28. Slacks
29. Slurp

[LuvTooGolf]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

You're a veritable fountain of knowledge today.

Of course you mean fount.....

No, I mean slurp dripping mucus, you vomit-clogged maggot.

[Threebean]

Panties?  How is that on the grossest sounding word list?  Add the "soggy granny" adjective to it, and I'd agree.

[LuvTooGolf]

Panties?  How is that on the grossest sounding word list?  Add the "soggy granny" adjective to it, and I'd agree.

LALTS

[Threebean]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

You're a veritable fountain of knowledge today.

Of course you mean fount.....

No, I mean slurp dripping mucus, you vomit-clogged maggot.

Festering orifice pustule slurping roach. 

[Travellin Dave]

Panties?  How is that on the grossest sounding word list?  Add the "soggy granny" adjective to it, and I'd agree.

Note that consecutive words 18-20 are Secrete, Munch and Panties....

[Travellin Dave]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

You're a veritable fountain of knowledge today.

Just trying to spark up the conversation.

[Threebean]

Supposedly the top ten funny sounding words in the English dictionary.


Bumfuzzle

Cattywampus

Gardyloo

taradiddle

billingsgate

snickersnee

widdershins

collywobbles

gubbins

diphthong

I know, I know, English origin words, not 'Murican....

I actually use cattywampus on a regular basis.

This is some fascinating stuff. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HZPx8DuDw

[Travellin Dave]

Trying to take an alternative to political discussions with these....
...but I just couldn't resist this....

5 things that lasted longer than Anthony Scaramucci's White House career:

http://college.usatoday.com/2017/07/31/5-things-that-lasted-longer-than-anthony-scaramuccis-white-house-career/

[razgueado]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

And most of our profane words are Saxon as well. The Normans (who weren't really French but Scandinavian, BTW) considered the Saxons profane, so their language became profanities.

[razgueado]

And to continue our education this morning....
Why is meat from a pig called pork and from a cow called beef?

it all goes back to the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066. When the French took over England, there became two ways of saying a whole lot of words, and from a gastronomic standpoint the French won out (as they usually do). This is likely because the lower-class Anglo-Saxons were the hunters (so we get the animal names from them), and the upper-class French only saw these animals on the dinner table (so we get the culinary terms from them).

So the Anglo-Saxon pig became the French porc, which was Anglicized to pork; the Anglo-Saxon cow became the French boeuf, which became beef; and sheep became mouton, (later mutton).

You're a veritable fountain of knowledge today.

Of course you mean fount.....

Or font.

[razgueado]

Continuing with our linguistic exercises....
The 28 grossest sounding english words...

1. Moist
2. Blog
3. Lugubrious
4. Yolk
5. Gurgle
5. Phlegm
6. Fetus
7. Curd
8. Smear
9. Squirt
10. Chunky
11. Orifice
12. Maggots
13. Viscous
14. Queasy
15. Bulbous
16. Pustule
17. Fester
18. Secrete
19. Munch
20. Panties
21. Clogged
22. Vomit
23. Jowls
24. Dripping
25. Roaches
27. Mucus
28. Slacks
29. Slurp

So "blog" makes the list but "anus" and "snot" don't? I call shenanigans.