Why English Has Different Words for Animals and Their Meat

How is William the Conqueror also behind this eccentricity in the English language?

William the Conqueror on Wikimedia Commons (image is in the public domain). Cropped by author.

I lived in Taiwan for nearly a year. I knew no Chinese when I went and learned disappointingly little while I was there, having associated mainly with other expats from America and Canada. My lack of progress was sad and I was…