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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 18813, member: 33&quot;]AF, at least we don&#039;t say &quot;chicken bosom.&quot; While I generally would trust the American Heritage site, I&#039;m disappointed that that article does not really give any evidence that the substitution of rooster for cock was done for the reason stated. They say, &quot;<i>The Old English name is innocent enough, mostly likely deriving from the bird’s crowing ku-ku-roo, but it made newly genteel Americans nervous. They couldn’t say or hear the word without thinking of its other, anatomical meaning..&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>How do we know that?</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, I really like this little thing, whatever one prefers to call the animal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fig[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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