When you see the word TURKEY, what is the FIRST THING you think of?

[AviatorTom]

The word TURKEY can refer to many things.

When you first see the word TURKEY, what do you think of?

The Bird? The Country? A Person? A Holiday? Sports? Something Else?

Please vote in the poll.

Turkey - the BIRD

Turkey - the COUNTRY

Turkey - an IDIOT PERSON

Turkey - Thanksgiving Dinner

Turkey - THREE STRIKES in a row in 10-pin bowling

Something ELSE - please tell

[Miristheiss]

It is either the bird or the country but the context in which the word is said has some role. If we are talking vacation and how much time off I have left and somebody says "TURKEY" I'll probably think of the bird and Thanksgiving. If we are talking geopolitics and Greenland and the Ukraine War, tariffs and someone says "TURKEY" I'll probably think of the country. I'll never think bowling unless we are actually talking about bowling.

[Massageman]

Thanksgiving main course.

A source of items (in dollar stores) that is replacing China in several food items.

A fool.

Bowling- 3-bagger.

pretty much in that order.

[Massageman]

Thanks for the MHO.

[Simslover92]

Seeing the word Turkey makes me think of the country first but if I were to hear someone say it out loud, I would think of the bird.

[purplepoppy]

A roast turkey, the classic British Christmas Dinner

[exitseven]

@purplepoppy I thought Roast Goose was the classic dinner. Thats whatDickens said. Although he did not mentioned what happened when Ebeneezer Scrooge gave bob Cratchit's wife the Christmas goose.

[Iron_Man]

@exitseven that’s so true

[purplepoppy]

Until very recently goose was the preferred Christmas meat. Goose blood pie was also widely enjoyed at the time but strangely turkey blood pie never caught on.

[Iron_Man]

Turkey blood I don’t think so. I’ve never seen that. Only in steaks. What is blood pie?

[purplepoppy]

My mistake its actually a pudding According to my recipe you mix blood with oatmeal, fill neck skin then boil for three hours before slicing.

[Iron_Man]

Ok 😳 Hmmm 🤔

[itsannalee]

It’s just Turkey 🦃 because the country is Türkiye 🇹🇷 is spell as Türkiye, officially changed its international name to Türkiye in June 2022. So no mote Turkey 🇹🇷 now.

[OneViewpoint]

I'm from the US, so turkey has associations with the Thanksgiving holiday and our native bird which has become the symbol of the feast that day.

[Screenwriter]

The bird, Thanksgiving and Idiot person. All depends on the context. We went on a turkey shoot... or What are your plans for Turkey Day, or that boy is a turkey.

[Shiprex]

The country firstly BUT these days it's spelled differently.

[AviatorTom]

@Shiprex Yes, it's Turkiye

[Shiprex]

Yeah but to me who grew up with Turkey being just out of reach for a weekend break, it's the country though around Christmas time the mindset might change.

[RavVid]

WW1 and the Crimean War would be the most immediate thought.

Followed by my cat who got really excited over turkey slices for his birthday and Christmas treat.

[CheriBlossomKisses]

I thought a turkey sandwich since I just had one. Then the country that committed the Armenian Genocide.

[rachel776]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/M3utxpXYBUU

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[sage2021]

My sister's huge turkey feast on her huge dinning room table on Thanksgiving Day. 🦃
That girl could cook!! WOW!👌

[mysteriousNicholas]

Fridge aisle, turkey slices at the supermarket in a plastic packaging in a square type plastic thing thing box 🙂

[Nikki1989]

Cenotaph, a Turkish death metal band.

[Kayla45]

I typically think of the bird 🦃.

But also Thanksgiving.

[Sal_Monella]

But then Turkeys are idiots. They can drown in a wet face cloth. Why did Franklin pick them as the national bird?

[Dennisjf12]

Because it's food I love eating and on a national holiday. Dennis

[DrPepper12]

What comes to mind is it's missing three letters after it: BLT

[Xawyx-2]

The country, and the bird. Definitely not dinner, because I'm a vegetarian.

[EmmaMary]

@AviatorTom

Christmas.

[OlderAndWiser]

Roast turkey on Thanksgiving!

[Dongie]

Something else is like the first answer as in i think of sliced turkey by Oscar Meyer.

[Tarifa]

The bird on a plate. Yummy.

[Panthero80]

I think of the bird, either living or as food.

[douride2]

Thanksgiving right?

[llorando]

Thanks giving dinner.

[Fatosist]

the country İm living in

[Iron_Man]

Turkey - the BIRD

[exitseven]

jive turkey

[Iron_Man]

@exitseven Right on Man

[qwerty2469]

Boring ass meat i dont eat

[DryGermanGuy]

Quitting cold Turkey. :-D

[queenofcardio]

The bird

[Rainbow7_]

Friendly people most part in my experience.

[Flower7]

turkey the food

[DJB72]

Christmas lunch

[KostasKouvalis]

The country

[exitseven]

drumsticks.

[jamesgoldman]

Decent gold