Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years agoWhat is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what’s the origin?
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYes, acorn. This linguistics blog post is the origin: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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!