In a message dated 12-24-14, Alan Zisman said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Good morning Alan,   
      
    TW>> And that is True. Both "Roosters" and "Hens" are "Chickens" just   
    TW>> like "Males" and "Females" are "Humans".   
      
      
   AZ> When most people lived on farms, most languages had many different   
   AZ> words for farm animals of different genders and at different stages   
   AZ> of their lives.   
      
   My theory is that it was the salesmen selling meat that wanted to tell   
   buyers that the meat they sold was tender since the meat of young ani-   
   mals is always more tender than the meat of their elder siblings.   
      
   AZ> Now most people in North America live far from anyplace where farm   
   AZ> animals are grown - and their vocabulary has become impoverished for   
   AZ> words that describe these animals, except in the most generic way -   
   AZ> 'chickens', 'pigs', 'cows', and 'horses'.   
      
   Yes and because of that most farm animals slowly became known to the   
   general public by the names of the offsprings.   
      
   Happy New Year,   
      
   Holger   
      
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