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ELI5 How come it seems now the old wise tale of Vietnamese eating pets and now its immigrants into the USA? (lemmy.world)
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[-] FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

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?

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It is!

[-] FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

What is it an eggcorn of? Acorn? And what's the origin?

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, acorn.

This linguistics blog post is the origin: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html

[-] FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Oh awesome and very interesting thank you!

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