Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down119
arrow-up136arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhat is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what’s the origin?
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYes, acorn. This linguistics blog post is the origin: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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!