Why is it Called Skinning?

[JhanZ]

When all you are doing is collecting leather and fur?

Shouldn't it be called Furring or Leathering instead?

[Deleted]

As you "Skin" the creatures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinning

[Figoment]

Those things are made of or attached to their skin. Hence why it is skinning.

[huth]

When all you are doing is collecting leather and fur?

Shouldn't it be called Furring or Leathering instead?

Because that's what it's been called for centuries.

[Kissme]

When all you are doing is collecting leather and fur?

Shouldn't it be called Furring or Leathering instead?

If you're serious I weep for the state of education and intelligence.

If you're bored and trolling . . . . well, I responded because I'm bored.

And if you want to really think about it - if you skin a human you end up with a a thin, fine leather.

Also, a verb doesn't need to have a connection to the noun it is associated with. Why do you brew tea or coffee? Why do you slice bread? The designation of the action and the result of the action or material generated by the action are not required to have any verbal association.

[EyelessCrow]

I never understood why mining is called what it is either. I mean rock hitting sounds so much better.

[Orphen747]

And if you want to really think about it - if you skin a human you end up with a a thin, fine leather.

Since we're being educational. Actually the skinning doesn't get you leather, more like rawhide. Tanning (can't post links but just wiki it) the skin is what produces the leather.

[Tuvok]

Let's call it "flaying" instead. I think that's a little bit cooler.

[KCguy]

I honestly don't know how to respond to this thread. lol.

[Ratyrel]

Fur is hair attached to skin and leather is treated skin. See where this is going?

[Albert the fish]

what did you think leather was?
it's skin. leather jackets and shoes and everything else? that's cow(or lamb or...whatever) skin.
leather is just what we call skin after we process it a little so that it stops rotting.

[Deleted]

Why is milk called milk? Why is the color red called red? Why are apples named apples?

Seriously now. You do know leather is made of animal skins, right?

[HitMan0]

Skinning is called Skinning because u Skin the animal to get its skin. In RL you dont automatically get Leather from skinning something. the Skin needs to go through a prosses called tanning before it becomes Leather, in WoW there just skipping that bit

[Deleted]

this should be named the worst , not useable profesion in wow

[JhanZ]

What is skin?

[Adam Jensen]

What is skin?

It's that baggy white stuff that covers your internal organs and skeletal-muscular system.

[Deleted]

this should be named the worst , not useable profesion in wow

Leatherworkers might not agree with you

[Splatter]

I never understood why mining is called what it is either. I mean rock hitting sounds so much better.

I am so going to start calling it rock hitting now.

[Kissme]

Since we're being educational. Actually the skinning doesn't get you leather, more like rawhide. Tanning (can't post links but just wiki it) the skin is what produces the leather.

Fair enough - I didn't include the processing of the raw material.

[JhanZ]

It's that baggy white stuff that covers your internal organs and skeletal-muscular system.

White? Uh...