Why?
German Kingdoms
14-03-2005, 08:04
Why do they call a Roster the "C" word? Why such a suggestive name?
If memory serves me correctly I believe the term for the rooster predates the term for the male reproductive organ.
Arammanar
14-03-2005, 08:08
Because the sound they make used to be called "cocking." It'd be like if in 10 years we called dogs "barks."
German Kingdoms
14-03-2005, 08:08
Yea, but the time has changed, and the name is still there!
I am bored if you can't tell, so that why we have this post. That and Family Guy helps.
Sdaeriji
14-03-2005, 08:08
You mean cock? It was called that long before we called the penis "cock". Using that word to describe the penis is slang.
Arammanar
14-03-2005, 08:11
Yea, but the time has changed, and the name is still there!
I am bored if you can't tell, so that why we have this post. That and Family Guy helps.
If I made "German Kingdoms" slang for "lynching black people," would you or I have the obligation to change the term when confusion arose?
German Kingdoms
14-03-2005, 08:12
If I made "German Kingdoms" slang for "lynching black people," would you or I have the obligation to change the term when confusion arose?
Sure why not.
Subjective Pragmatism
14-03-2005, 08:18
They didn't name rosters after a suggestive name, the suggestive name is named after the roster.
Besides, does it really matter? If you don't enjoy that term, just say 'roster.'
Vegier Norna
14-03-2005, 08:42
I think you'll find that the use of cock is a shortened term for a male chicken, the cockeral.
The use of rooster is a term for any bird that, well roosts, but the americans used it to describe a male chicken and the name stuck, at least in America.
Nashabur
14-03-2005, 08:46
Cocks and Hens are the proper terms to differeniate the sexes of all birds.
Demented Hamsters
14-03-2005, 08:49
Why do they call a Roster the "C" word? Why such a suggestive name?
Cock: From Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, probably from Late Latin coccus, from coco, a cackling, of imitative origin.
BTW we usually say the 'C' word to mean something else entirely, which is much more vulgar and offensive than 'Cock'.
And I can't say I've ever called a Rooster that. Though I was tempted once when I was woken up at 4am by one.
Bitchkitten
14-03-2005, 09:24
The only reason I even read this thread is because I'm incredibly, incredibly bored. I took a break from NS and read some porn, but I'm still bored. I slept in today, so currently sleep is not an option.