Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareFeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what’s the origin?
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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 months agoOh awesome and very interesting thank you!
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!