tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post8087541322111373555..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Words of the Month - ThreesomesAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-64877649282478660752011-02-25T18:58:01.963-05:002011-02-25T18:58:01.963-05:00I love the animal/food examples. I didn't inc...I love the animal/food examples. I didn't include them because they're mostly duos instead of triads, but along with OE "cow" and Fr "beef" you can compare the Latinate adj. "bovine."Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-56336665260438319122011-02-25T17:27:28.424-05:002011-02-25T17:27:28.424-05:00I hadn't thought of these examples. I am most ...I hadn't thought of these examples. I am most familiar with food words: sheep when it is alive and needs to be cared for, is (I assume) Old English, while mutton is what it is called by the aristocrats when it was served to them at the table. Same with cow, steer, or bull, and beef; chicken or hen and poultry. There are definite class connotations.Paxnoreply@blogger.com