Show saxon and norman forms of speech when the normans conquered england and dispossessed the anglo sax ons of their lands they spoke what is I 1 h as aa norman french this continued to be tho the off official lelal language tor for many years year s according to a writer in london tit bits ano no of tho the most remarkable though often unnoticed results of this dual language in the same country Is 13 the dif dUlar farent names we give to the dead and living animals used as aa food the saxon was tho the serf who tilled the soil soft and tended cattle the nor man w ans as the overlord who ate tha th ment thus provided while we call tbt th living animal a cow we call the deal dead animal beef the first word being suon and the second norman similarly the serf called the animal it a sheep but when it wu vu served on the barons barona table it vu vas mutton in the same saine way deer became venison calf became veal and the iho hog pork |