Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前ELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down120
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前message-square43fedilink
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 天前What’s the origin of the term eggcorn? A brief scan of the link didn’t answer this for me. Is eggcorn itself an eggcorn?
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 天前What is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what’s the origin?
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 天前Yes, acorn. This linguistics blog post is the origin: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 天前Oh awesome and very interesting thank you!
What’s the origin of the term eggcorn? A brief scan of the link didn’t answer this for me. Is eggcorn itself an eggcorn?
It is!
What is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what’s the origin?
Yes, acorn.
This linguistics blog post is the origin: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html
Oh awesome and very interesting thank you!