Don_DickleM to Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish • 4 months agoELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA?message-square43arrow-up155arrow-down119
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months 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•4 months agoWhat is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what’s the origin?
minus-square@ZachariahlinkEnglish2•4 months agoYes, acorn. This linguistics blog post is the origin: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months 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!