Or not, as the case may be http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmuttonpork.html
At 13:06 15/11/2005, Helen wrote:
Pig, sheep and cow are Anglo-Saxon words which the peasants who looked after them needed to know. Pork, mutton and beef are Norman words which the nobles who ate them needed to know :o) (I think!)
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