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The story that's been told 100s of times: The names of animal comes from the Anglo-Saxon peasants who were English and the names of the meat comes from the French Nobles. An interesting story but it's a myth. I'll explain the true story.

SOURCES: These are some of my sources.
historyofenglishpodcast.com (by Kevin Stroud. Highly recommended)
The English language by Robert Burchfield amzn.to/3BDYqiV (affiliate link)
https://uni-eszterhazy.hu/api/media/file/1f8ffca47b833f481d6cc5028f38d73dd61e5e1f
youtube.com/watch?v=JNKt0faL6oI&t=3s (by Sonya Mathews)


00:00 They got it wrong
03:07 What really happened
05:16 The evidence
06:29 What about pork?
07:24 Venison and deer
08:08 French words for the living animal
10:44 Anglo-Saxon meats
11:11 French cuisine
11:47 Who is responsible?
13:19 A minority opinion