Language Pulsations: Turkey and turkey
November 23rd, 2008 | By C. Puls in Language Pulsations | No Comments »
My family is hosting a couple of our Turkish friends during Thanksgiving. This has given my father ample opportunity for verbal witticism, such as “Since you are from Turkey, will you be bringing the turkey?” Bad puns aside, how did it happen that the country and the bird share the same name?