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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

in french it's just the name of the animal. Here's a cow. eat cow. A pig ? eat pig.

Maybe it makes it easier to mentally link together the live animal and its meat.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least Gordon slaughters them first, you freak!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

casually CHOMPS on my pet cow

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are there not even specifics for different cuts or like oxtail or pigs feet or giblets or liver or stuff that aren't "meat" in the muscle fiber sense?

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

In english it's just the french word... beef, pork, etc... All french.

It's because carninsts are extremely privileged to the point that they were french aristocracy in england.