[Lexicog] Turkey

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Incidentally in Arabic it is called Diik Ruumi Œa Roman (i.e. christian,
european) chicken¹.  No one seems to want to be responsible for such a
strange looking bird I think
Bruce


On 25/8/05 7:50 pm, "David Kaufman" <dvklinguist2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I always found it fascinating that the words for "turkey" are usually quite
> different across Europe and even among the Latin languages themselves, e.g.,
> Spanish (Cast.) pavo, Italian tacchino, French dinde or dindon, Portuguese
> peru'.  Different Spanish-speaking countries also borrowed indigenous words
> that they use in preference to the conquistador's Castilian word, as Jimm
> pointed out, such as guajolote in Mexico.
>  

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