Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Why is a bird from North America called a turkey? And what is it called in Turkey?
These questions and more are answered in 5 minutes of solid turkey trivia.
Dinde, kalkoen, Dutch chicken, French chicken, habash... Find out what confusing names turkey has been given around the world (clue: it's not called a North America anywhere...).
Some of the info for this video comes from The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth. Always a fun read: goodreads.com/book/show/12870068-the-etymologicon
==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Where the confusion began
1:13 Why turkey became turkey
2:27 What's it called in Turkey?
3:11 Turkey in other languages
4:24 What should we call it?
4:40 Goodbye!
Why is a bird from North America called a turkey? And what is it called in Turkey?
These questions and more are answered in 5 minutes of solid turkey trivia.
Dinde, kalkoen, Dutch chicken, French chicken, habash... Find out what confusing names turkey has been given around the world (clue: it's not called a North America anywhere...).
Some of the info for this video comes from The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth. Always a fun read: goodreads.com/book/show/12870068-the-etymologicon
==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Where the confusion began
1:13 Why turkey became turkey
2:27 What's it called in Turkey?
3:11 Turkey in other languages
4:24 What should we call it?
4:40 Goodbye!
