Posted by Racer on March 28, 2006, at 20:46:07
In reply to Re: What a cockrel? » Phillipa, posted by milly on March 28, 2006, at 15:29:51
> I think we must have just discovered another UK v US misnomer we could ask our bilingual friends I think Auntie Mel can speak both!!!
> maybe it is cockerel yes that looks better!
> because they say c*ck-a-doodle-do (at least they do in England!)
> millyProperly a cockerel, but commonly called a rooster. Dunno what "rooster" comes from, though. And one does sometimes hear "c*ck" for male chicken sometimes over here, although it is rare.
I think the real reason, though, is that we so rarely really talk about chickens, beyond "how much per pound?"
Hope my translation helped. I don't really speak UK, but I do speak a bit of Oz, and even a few phrases in Strine!
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