Comments on: Is Chicken Chicken? http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=47 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Language Lover http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=47&cpage=1#comment-333 Language Lover Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:46:05 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=47#comment-333 Well, there are different words for "cow" vs. "beef" (vaca/carne) and "pig" vs. "pork", (cerdo/puerco) as in French, but they're not etymologically related within the language. In the case of fish, I'm not sure it's repulsion, just a quirk of the noun/verb relationship. Well, there are different words for “cow” vs. “beef” (vaca/carne) and “pig” vs. “pork”, (cerdo/puerco) as in French, but they’re not etymologically related within the language. In the case of fish, I’m not sure it’s repulsion, just a quirk of the noun/verb relationship.

]]> By: rbeard http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=47&cpage=1#comment-295 rbeard Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:51:33 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=47#comment-295 Are there any other words in Spanish like that? I would expect the repulsion of eating animals that we otherwise interact with would have a similar impact in other cultures. --RB Are there any other words in Spanish like that? I would expect the repulsion of eating animals that we otherwise interact with would have a similar impact in other cultures.

–RB

]]> By: Language Lover http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=47&cpage=1#comment-294 Language Lover Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:33:39 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=47#comment-294 I always thought it was quite interesting how in Spanish, a fish was "pez" while alive in the water, but once it became food it was "pescado", or "the fished". I always thought it was quite interesting how in Spanish, a fish was “pez” while alive in the water, but once it became food it was “pescado”, or “the fished”.

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