Originally Posted by
Turbohot
I thought chick meant pretty lady of your age, LSherratt?
English is a weird language. If Chicken is a grown up bird, and a chick is a baby chicken, then why is kitten a child cat?? A kitten should be called a kit, not a kitten. Anyway, doesn't matter. English language will remain weird forever.
A chicken is the cooked hen. Like beef is a cooked cow, pork is cooked pig. There's an urban myth that the cooked words were taken from French kings who invaded England. The Frenchies would use their word, referring to the cooked item, whereas the English peasants who cooked it, would use the Anglo word.
That's why there isn't a word for cooked cat in French.
It's actually Chinese. #87, I believe.
