Don_DickleM to Explain Like I'm [email protected]English • 7 days agoELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?message-square43fedilinkarrow-up155
arrow-up155message-squareELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?Don_DickleM to Explain Like I'm [email protected]English • 7 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 days agoWhat’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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 days agoWhat is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what’s the origin?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 days agoYes, acorn. This linguistics blog post is the origin: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 days agoOh 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!