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A Happy New Year to you too André-Yves!
The first person that comes to mind as cochon is the bishop Pierre Cauchon (who in fact also wrote his name Cochon), and I did wonder, just a few weeks ago, how a respectable family could be proud of such a name?
Cauchon had every odds against him: He denounced his own king, was a traitor to his country and collaborated with both the Burgundians and the English, and worst of all: he signed the death sentence of La Pucelle, which, in the opinion of the common patriotic Frenchman would entitle him to be called a cochon.
There is but one obstacle : Le Dictionnaire Robert claims to have a source for the use of the word dated 1090 (origine inconnue)!
Too bad
Erik
At 15:27 +0100 01/01/04, André-Yves Bourgès wrote:
> I am asking myself about the possibility the name Cochon has been given by French people to the pig in the medieval times, as well as the name Renard has been given to the fox, because of some poem, fabliau or legend in which a pig bored the name Cochon.
> May I have your opinion ? Thanks in advance and Happy New Year
> André-Yves Bourgès
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